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hijacker /ˈhʌɪdʒakə /noun1A person who illegally seizes an aircraft, ship, or vehicle while in transit and forces it to go to a different destination or uses it for their own purposes: negotiators began talks with the hijackers of the plane...- The whereabouts of the five hijackers of an airliner are unknown.
- It would have been entirely permissible to arrest the hijackers of the four aircraft used as weapons.
- The six hijackers of the plane were detained, prosecuted, convicted, and jailed.
1.1A person who steals goods by seizing them in transit: a hijacker of arms shipments...- He got a taste of being the victim when hijackers stole a shipment of whiskey intended for him.
- Pirates fought over spoils at sea, and hijackers stole from each other on land.
- Hijackers became so bold that they once stole 1,500 quarts of impounded liquor from the St. Bernard Parish jail.
1.2A person who takes over an organization or activity and uses it for a different purpose: these activists are the real hijackers of the revolution the hijackers of this government ignore all but their own agenda...- They were more accurately the hijackers of art and aesthetics from the people and from everyday living.
- No corporation is safe from the dark satire of this billboard hijacker, who has donned New York City with obese fast food mascots, cigarette mascots in coffins, and slogans such as "Support Our CEOs."
- Fifty apartment blocks have been seized by "building hijackers" who muscle in, using intimidation and brute force to divert rental income into their own pockets.
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