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HIJACKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hijack 2. to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle…. Learn more.
HIJACKING definition: 1. the crime of using force or threats to take control of an aircraft, ship, car, etc., or an…. Learn more.
an occasion when someone uses force to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle: The hijack ended with the release of all the plane's passengers unharmed. He’s a leading suspect in the hijacking of the jetliner. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definition of hijack verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
If you say that someone has hijacked something, you disapprove of the way in which they have taken control of it when they had no right to do so. [ disapproval ] A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble.
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. (disapproving) the act of using or taking control of something, for example a meeting, in order to use it for your own aims and interests. the hijacking of a recent meeting by anti-nuclear protesters.
verb (used with object) to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey. to rob (a vehicle) after forcing it to stop: They hijacked the truck before it entered the city. to seize (a vehicle) by force or threat of force. to skyjack.
Chances are you've seen an action movie in which some villains hijack a car or plane. To hijack a vehicle is to take it over illegally. Such a crime is called a hijack or a hijacking. Hijack can be used more generally to mean “take over.”.
hijack something to use violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to force it to travel to a different place or to demand something from a government The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from Miami to San Juan.
