单词 | hijacked |
释义 | hijackverb hi·jack ˈhī-ˌjak hijacked; hijacking; hijacks transitive verb 1 a : to steal (goods in transit) by stopping a vehicle Shipping cargo internationally, however, is rife with pitfalls. Shipments may be stolen, hijacked, destroyed, damaged or delayed. David Drake A shipment of … albums by British pop idol Sting was hijacked in transit while being transported from Germany to an Italian warehouse. Willem Hoos At last count, Parmalat had given away 5.2 million stuffed animals in a massive Brazilian promotion, not including the truckload of furry animals hijacked earlier this year by thieves too impatient to collect their own Parmalat labels. Laurel Wentz b : to commandeer (a vehicle in transit) "… One day his truck was hijacked, probably by deserters, and he was wandering around and decided to go back to a village where he had met a young woman that he rather liked. …" Charles Glass often, specifically : to commandeer (a flying airplane) usually by coercing the pilot In June 1976, an Air France Airbus was hijacked in Athens … and flown at gunpoint to Uganda's primary airport … Radio Times A man claiming to have a bomb attempted to hijack a Pegasus Airlines plane from Ukraine on Friday and take it to Sochi, where the Winter Olympics were just beginning. Brian Resnick and Matt Berman c : to stop and steal from (a vehicle in transit) Police are hunting two men who hijacked a truck at knifepoint and made off with its … load of whisky. Commercial Motor (Sutton, England) d : kidnap A robber who claimed he was hijacked from home … to rob a corner shop has been jailed for four years. Evening Gazette (Middlesborough, England) 2 a : to take or take control of (something) as if by hijacking … hackers hijacked the accounts of high-profile Twitter users … Queenie Wong To reproduce, the virus infects a cell and hijacks the cell's protein-making machinery. The Springfield (Massachusetts) Union-News … distinguished themselves from the artsy types, who they believed had hijacked punk from "the real kids" … Simon Reynolds often, specifically : to change the topic or focus of (something, such as a conversation) : redirect Don't hijack threads. Burger King wouldn't hand out flyers in front of a Chipotle, so why would you want to hawk your business on an unrelated Facebook thread …? Jennifer Chang All of this strife is because Idaho's political machinery is enabling isolated and extremist visions from small patches of Idaho to hijack the conversation. Mike Satz It's sad that sex scandals continue to hijack attention from economic, educational and health care issues. Barbara Lippert b : to subject to extortion or swindling … hijacks them into spending nearly a billion dollars … Dave Armstrong hijack noun plural hijacks hijacker noun plural hijackers hijacked verb variants also highjacked as in commandeered to take control of (a vehicle) by force some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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