Here’s a fun word you don’t get to use every day: “shanghaiing”, i.e. forcing someone to board a ship (or threatening, lying to, intoxicating, etc. someone to get them to board said ship) to perform labor as a sailor.
(See 18 U.S. Code § 2194: buff.ly/2E4U96Q)
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(See 18 U.S. Code § 2194: buff.ly/2E4U96Q)
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@MerriamWebster explains:
"In the 1800s, long sea voyages were very difficult and dangerous, so people were understandably hesitant to become sailors. But sea captains and shipping companies needed crews to sail their ships, so they gathered sailors any way they could..."
"In the 1800s, long sea voyages were very difficult and dangerous, so people were understandably hesitant to become sailors. But sea captains and shipping companies needed crews to sail their ships, so they gathered sailors any way they could..."
"...even if that meant resorting to kidnapping by physical force or with the help of liquor or drugs. The word shanghai comes from the name of the Chinese city of Shanghai..."
"...People started to use the city's name for that unscrupulous way of obtaining sailors because the East was often a destination of ships that had kidnapped men onboard as crew."
See: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sha…
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See: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sha…
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