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hijack

(haɪdʒæk)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hijacks, present participle hijacking, past tense, past participle hijacked
1. verb
If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another.
...a plot to hijack an airliner. [VERB noun]
A chemical tanker with 26 crew was hijacked by pirates on Monday. [VERB noun]
The hijacked plane exploded in a ball of fire. [VERB-ed]
Hijack is also a noun.
Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.
hijackingWord forms: plural hijackings countable noun
Car hijackings are running at a rate of nearly 50 a day.
2. verb
If you say that someone has hijacked something, you disapprove of the way in which they have taken control of it when they had no right to do so.
[disapproval]
A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of hijack

hijack in British English

or highjack (ˈhaɪˌdʒæk)
verb
1. (transitive)
to seize, divert, or appropriate (a vehicle or the goods it carries) while in transit
to hijack an aircraft
2. 
to rob (a person or vehicle) by force
to hijack a traveller
3. 
(esp in the US during Prohibition) to rob (a bootlegger or smuggler) of illicit goods or to steal (illicit goods) in transit
noun
4. 
the act or an instance of hijacking
Derived forms
hijacker (ˈhiˌjacker) or highjacker (ˈhighˌjacker)
noun
Word origin
C20: of unknown origin

hijack in American English

(ˈhaɪˌdʒæk)
US
verb transitive
1. 
to steal (goods in transit, a truck and its contents, etc.) by force
2. 
to steal such goods from (a person) by force
3. 
to cheat, swindle, etc. by or as by the use of force
4. 
to seize control forcibly of (an aircraft, bus, ship, etc.), esp. in order to go to a nonscheduled destination
Derived forms
hijacker (ˈhiˌjacker)
noun
Word origin
< hobo slang for robbing sleeping men < high + jack: origin obscure

Examples of 'hijack' in a sentence
hijack

Were they plotting to hijack a jet?
The Sun (2008)
In the game it is essential to hijack cars to move around.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Previously planes were hijacked and used as bargaining chips.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They are also exploring the theory the jet was hijacked by at least one person on board.
The Sun (2014)
But the aircraft is hijacked by the pilots and flown to a deserted volcanic island.
The Sun (2014)
If the plane has been hijacked what was the possible motive?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Did one or both of the pilots hijack their own plane?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They refuse to say if he planned to blow up the jet or hijack it and crash it.
The Sun (2015)
 Vehicles were hijacked, set on fire and rolled into police lines.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The airliner is hijacked and lands on a remote island, which is undetected by any radar.
The Sun (2014)
Terrified relatives waiting to collect family in Manchester feared the airliner had been hijacked.
The Sun (2013)
It was the first British commercial aircraft hijacked.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He's actually trying to stop the pilot hijacking the jet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
During the night more than five vehicles were hijacked and set on fire and police received numerous reports of armed men on the streets.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
 Cars were hijacked, buildings burnt.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Next thing we know, he's hijacked a jet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Added to that, driverless cars could be hijacked, with the autonomous vehicles causing havoc.
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
hijack

British English: hijack /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/ VERB
If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another.
Two men tried to hijack the plane.
  • American English: hijack
  • Arabic: يَخْتَطِفُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sequestrar
  • Chinese: 绑架
  • Croatian: oteti
  • Czech: unést letadlo, auto
  • Danish: kapre
  • Dutch: kapen
  • European Spanish: secuestrar
  • Finnish: kaapata
  • French: détourner
  • German: entführen
  • Greek: κάνω πειρατία σε μέσο μεταφοράς
  • Italian: dirottare
  • Japanese: ハイジャックする
  • Korean: 공중 납치하다
  • Norwegian: kapre
  • Polish: porwać
  • European Portuguese: sequestrar em trânsito
  • Romanian: a deturna
  • Russian: угонять
  • Latin American Spanish: secuestrar
  • Swedish: kapa erövra under vapenhot
  • Thai: จี้เครื่องบิน
  • Turkish: gasp etmek
  • Ukrainian: захоплювати
  • Vietnamese: cướp máy bay

Chinese translation of 'hijack'

hijack

(ˈhaɪdʒæk)

vt

  1. [plane, idea, event] 劫持 (jiéchí)

n (c)

  1. 劫持 (jiéchí)
(verb) 
Definition
to seize control of or divert (a vehicle or aircraft) while travelling
Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.
Synonyms
seize
Police were reported to have seized all copies of the newspaper.
take over
commandeer
The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital.
expropriate (formal)
The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners.
skyjack

Additional synonyms

in the sense of commandeer
Definition
to take as if by right
The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital.
Synonyms
seize,
appropriate,
hijack,
confiscate,
requisition,
sequester,
expropriate (formal),
sequestrate
in the sense of expropriate
Definition
(of a government or other official body) to take (money or property) away from its owners
The Bolsheviks expropriated the property of the landowners.
Synonyms
seize,
take,
appropriate,
confiscate,
assume,
take over,
take away,
commandeer,
requisition,
arrogate

Synonyms of 'hijack'

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