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Shanghaiing refers to the practice of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence in a form of kidnapping. The related term press-gang refers specifically to impressment practices most notably used in Great Britain's Royal Navy.

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  • Shanghaiing refers to the practice of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence in a form of kidnapping. The related term press-gang refers specifically to impressment practices most notably used in Great Britain's Royal Navy.
  • Shanghaiing refers to the practice of kidnapping men to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. Until 1915, unfree labor was widely used aboard American merchant ships. The related term press gang refers specifically to impressment practices in Great Britain's Royal Navy.
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  • Shanghaiing refers to the practice of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence in a form of kidnapping. The related term press-gang refers specifically to impressment practices most notably used in Great Britain's Royal Navy.
  • Shanghaiing refers to the practice of kidnapping men to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. Until 1915, unfree labor was widely used aboard American merchant ships. The related term press gang refers specifically to impressment practices in Great Britain's Royal Navy.
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