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hijack
or ·Ჹ
[ hahy-jak ]
verb (used with object)
- to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop:
to hijack a load of whiskey.
- to rob (a vehicle) after forcing it to stop:
They hijacked the truck before it entered the city.
- to seize (a vehicle) by force or threat of force.
- to skyjack.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in such stealing or seizing.
noun
- an act or instance of hijacking.
hijack
/ ˈɪˌæ /
verb
- tr to seize, divert, or appropriate (a vehicle or the goods it carries) while in transit
to hijack an aircraft
- to rob (a person or vehicle) by force
to hijack a traveller
- (esp in the US during Prohibition) to rob (a bootlegger or smuggler) of his illicit goods or to steal (illicit goods) in transit
noun
- the act or an instance of hijacking
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Derived Forms
- ˈˌᲹ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- t·j adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hijack1
C20: of unknown origin
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"So there's no need to build more, it's not necessary. But the housing we have has been hijacked."
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Authorities claimed they were militants killed after the Bolan Pass train hijacking, though this could not be independently verified.
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They attached themselves to certain receptors in the party, hijacked those and began replicating themselves.
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It warns of language being hijacked toward antithetical means and authoritarian ends.
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But this was the first time they had hijacked one.
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