To hold (someone) hostage until a ransom is paid.
To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.
To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.
To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
To hit with a slingshot.
To transfer a serviceman against their will.
Synonym of slingshot.
A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated ("shanghaied"), usually either by failing to reach a certain score in 3 quick throws or during a competition to hit a certain prechosen number and then be the first to hit the prechosen numbers of the other players.