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shanghai meaning in Marathi

शंघाईंग

/ʃæŋˈhaɪ//ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/

shanghai in Marathi: शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शांगाईंग. In English, shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.

Marathi words for shanghai

शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शांगाईंग

English meaning of shanghai

  1. verb To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.
  2. verb To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
  3. verb To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
  4. verb To transfer a serviceman against their will.

Full definition of shanghai

shanghai in a sentence

  • Let's see if we can shanghai a room for a couple of hours.

Synonyms of shanghai

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Questions about shanghai in Marathi

What is the meaning of shanghai in Marathi?
Shanghai in Marathi is शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शांगाईंग.
shanghai चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Shanghai: शंघाईंग, शंघाइंग, शांगाईंग.
What does shanghai mean in English?
Shanghai means to force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly.

Source and license

Marathi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “shanghai”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: shanghai (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shanghai.wav, en-us-shanghai.ogg, en-au-shanghai.ogg.

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