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To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest.

To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.

(US law enforcement slang) To trick a suspect into entering a jurisdiction in which they can be lawfully arrested.

(US military slang) To transfer a serviceman against their will.

To commandeer, hijack, or otherwise (usually wrongfully) appropriate a place or thing.

(dated) A breed of chicken with large bodies, long legs, and feathered shanks.

(US, obsolete) A kind of daub.

(US, obsolete) A tall dandy.

(darts) A kind of dart game in which players are gradually eliminated, 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.

(Australia, New Zealand) Slingshot.

(Australia, New Zealand) To hit with a slingshot.