单词	hijackings
释义	hijack verb 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 Synonyms commandeer See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He hijacked a truck, threatening the driver at gunpoint. A band of robbers hijacked the load of furs from the truck. A group of terrorists hijacked the plane. The organization has been hijacked by radicals. Recent Examples on the Web Cartels and criminal groups in Mexico frequently hijack vehicles or roadways, burning them to distract police or prevent law enforcement from pursuing gunmen. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 Harrison Ford starred as a president forced into a fight with terrorists who hijack Air Force One. Jake Coyle, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022 Harrison Ford starred as a president forced into a fight with terrorists who hijack Air Force One. Jake Coyle, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 On Tuesday, Microsoft detailed an ongoing large-scale phishing campaign that can hijack user accounts when they're protected with multi-factor authentication measures designed to prevent such takeovers. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022 The whole thing sent up Trump’s greatest skill: his ability to hijack attention. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2021 REvil has targeted MSPs before, too, using its foothold into a third-party IT company to hijack 22 Texas municipalities at once in 2019. Brian Barrett, Wired, 2 July 2021 There is nothing more unfair to the board and the attending owners than when one or more owners hijack a meeting with obstreperous behavior. Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022 Meanwhile, some of those posting will get frustrated at the ability of this disrupter to hijack the texting commentary. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology origin unknown First Known Use 1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Kids Definition hijack verb hi·​jack ˈhī-ˌjak hijacked; hijacking 1 : to stop and steal or steal from a moving vehicle 2 : to take control of (an aircraft) by force Legal Definition hijack transitive verb hi·​jack ˈhī-ˌjak : to seize possession or control of (a vehicle) from another person by force or threat of force specifically : to seize possession or control of (an aircraft) especially by forcing the pilot to divert the aircraft to another destination hijackings noun variants also highjackings plural of hijacking as in kidnappings the unlawful or forcible carrying away of a person or animal a country in which hijackings of foreign executives has become commonplace Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance kidnappings kidnapings abductions rapes snatches seizures impressments
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