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单词 hijack
释义 hi·jack
I. transitive verb
or high-jack \ˈhīˌjak\
Etymology: origin unknown
1.
 a.
  (1) : to steal by stopping a vehicle carrying contraband, illicit, or stolen goods
   < hijack a truckload of bootleg whiskey — Emporia (Kans.) Gazette >
  (2) : to stop in transit and steal the cargo of
   < hijack a truck near the foot of the mountain >
  (3) : to hold up and rob in the manner of one who hijacks
   < attempted to hijack us for the jewelry right in daylight — Frank O'Leary >
 b. : to steal or rob as if by hijacking
  < accused of hijacking half a million marks' worth of textiles — Joseph Wechsberg >
  < connives against the republic and has to flee the country in a hijacked airplane — Harvey Swados >
  < reputedly hijacked the less intrepid gentry of their ill-got booty and their slaves — New York Herald Tribune >
 c. : kidnap
  < about sixty thousand Kanakas were enticed or hijacked to Australia — Alan Moorehead >
2.
 a. : to subject to extortion or swindling
  < has deliberately set out to … hijack the American people through uncontrolled profits and inflation — Philip Murray †1952 >
 b. : coerce, force
  < hijacking buyers into purchasing unwanted accessories — N.K.Teeters & J.O.Reinemann >
II. \ˈhīˌjak\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: hijack, verb
: an instance of hijacking
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