shanghai vs nobble

shanghai and nobble both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shanghai	No	No	Yes	No
nobble	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, nobble is a hypernym of shanghai; that is, nobble is a word with a broader meaning than shanghai:

shanghai: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
nobble: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

Other hypernyms of shanghai include abduct, kidnap, snatch.

shanghai (verb)	nobble (verb)
take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship	disable by drugging
	take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
	make off with belongings of others
	deprive of by deceit