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Hijack Common

Hijack has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

"After the driver fell asleep at the wheel, three men managed to hijack the delivery truck and drive it away with its cargo."

2

An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.

"The news broadcast interrupted our dinner to report on a tragic airplane hijacking over the Atlantic Ocean."

Verb
1

take arbitrarily or by force

"The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

2

seize control of

"they hijacked the judicial process"

3

To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

"A group of armed men hijacked the cargo plane mid-flight to demand ransom from the passengers."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
crime seize assume
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
carjacking skyjack carjack
Rhyming Words
ack cack fack yack lack rack nack mack hack tack zack gack pack back sack wack jack shack slack chack
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