Shanghai: alternatives and connections

To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To take (any one) by force or fear, and against one's will, with intent to carry to another place.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.

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The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors.

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.