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1. forint+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-02-06 18:57:13
Just the other day I read that "to shanghai" is to kidnap or trick someone into working for you. I immediately thought of HSBC.
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2. denton+K4[view] [source] 2024-02-06 19:15:38
>>forint+(OP)
> kidnap or trick

I thought it meant kidnap, specifically to kidnap a sailor in port and make him work aboard ship; as in "press gang", "pressed man".

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