A hijacker is a person who hijacks a plane or other vehicle.
hijacker in American English
(ˈhaiˌdʒækər)
noun
a person who hijacks
Also: highjacker
Word origin
[1885–90, Amer.; high(wayman) + jacker, appar. jack1 to hunt by night with aid of a jack light + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: scrum, sensitization, toner, upsweep, zoom-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner)
Examples of 'hijacker' in a sentence
hijacker
The hijacker also got out of the car.
The Star (South Africa) (2006)
The hijacker will appear in court today when he is expected to be charged.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
At 9.59 he tells another hijacker to block the cockpit door.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He politely asked the hijacker if he could take a selfie with him.
The Sun (2016)
The powerfully built rugby player quickly overcomes the hijacker and surges forward along the passenger jet's aisle towards the cockpit.
The Sun (2006)
Imagine you've been sent to negotiate with a hijacker whom you also happen to be in love with.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The hijacker is believed to have attacked a female passenger before taking controlof the bus.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The gentleman hijacker was getting anxious.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The apparently deranged hijacker tried to run away when he got off the plane but was arrested.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Likewise, when we actually learn the identity of the hijacker, the motives are so preposterous that the whole movie disintegrates.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
hijacker
British English: hijacker /ˈhaɪˌdʒækə/ NOUN
A hijacker is a person who hijacks a plane or other vehicle.
There was a struggle between the hijackers and the driver.