hijack in English

noun

1

an incident or act of hijacking.

After the hijack attempt, he says he took stock, realising that ‘life might end any minute and I really need to push things on a bit’.

verb

1

illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.

three armed men hijacked a white van

synonyms: commandeer, seize, take over, take control, skyjack, carjack, appropriate, expropriate, confiscate, co-opt

noun

• highjack

verb

• commandeer, seize, take over, take control, skyjack, carjack, appropriate, expropriate, confiscate, co-opt
• commandeer, highjack, pirate

Use "hijack" in a sentence

1. 16 They may hijack aircraft but they cannot hijack the message of Islam.

2. You can't just hijack nostalgia wholesale.

3. Anyway, sorry, didn't mean to hijack the tour.

4. 9 To hijack buyers into purchasing unwanted accessories.

5. 6 Hijack ing is a form of blackmail.

6. 7 Fly me to Cuba. I hijack the plane.

7. Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.

8. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.

9. 8 There was a plot to hijack an airliner.

10. A couple of a-holes tried to hijack our suits.

11. 28 I dislike you, have little technical skills , as hijack.

12. 2 Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.

13. 3 He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.

14. 14 The hijack take place just after the plane take off.

15. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.

16. 13 Financial globalization allowed a few to hijack the world's banking systems.

17. "I think he's going to hijack the plane with some ice cream."

18. 20 Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.

19. " I think he's going to hijack the plane with some ice cream. "

20. 26 European pressure groups ( anti stem - cell,[www.Sentencedict.com] anti - software ) hijack process?

21. The hijack ended with the release of all the plane's passengers unharmed.

22. 18 The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.

23. Roberto thinks they were the gangbangers that tried to hijack the drop, boss.

24. 24 Russian security forces arrested a man who tried to hijack a plane.

25. 5 The hijack ended with the release of all the plane's passengers unharmed.

26. 27 Elvin: Are we just going to let her 2 hijack the company?

27. 12 The hijack was organized by a group of opponents to the government.

28. 19 There is no sign of a let - up in the hijack crisis.

29. 10 Space weapons can electronically hijack a cruise missile in flight and redirect it.

30. 21 We're not going to let a handful of radical students hijack our school.

31. 4 He tried to hijack the guard into handing him the keys of the safe.

32. 1 Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.

33. This chart enables you to identify and investigate attempts to hijack user accounts in your organization.

34. He and some others were even going to hijack an airplane, although the plan did not materialize.

35. 17 Real Zaragoza could hijack Lazio's offer River Plate goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo after outbidding the Biancocelesti.

36. Adware (ads software); PUP/LPI (Potentially Undesirable Program) Toolbars; Hijacker (Hijack of the browser's homepage) Spyware; It …

37. This guy can hijack random desktops all around the world, turn them into zombies that do his bidding.

38. 25 Some net silver-colored pages that visit the netizen directly even hijack those who forge " fishing " page.

39. Like how the hell did a French pirate manage to hijack a covert S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel in broad daylight?

40. 10 words related to Carjack: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence, commandeer, highjack, hijack, pirate

41. A senior Pakistani intelligence official said some of the militants tried to hijack a plane, but were unsuccessful.

42. 15 This second research did not discover conclusion abiogenesis hijack the incident influence to state of children mental hygiene.

43. There, they witness an unknown culprit unlock the roof allowing the Red Siamese Cats to enter and hijack the ship.

44. Adware Helpers is a potentially unwanted program and malware that can display ads, hijack browsers and also proliferate other malware

45. 23 Because there are many galleys to convoy and patrol in the gulf of Aden, piracy has changed way to hijack merchantman.

46. In the present, one year after Steppenwolf's invasion, Arthur confronts a group of pirates attempting to hijack a Russian Naval nuclear submarine.

47. Amygdala hijack happens when your brain reacts to psychological stress as if it's physical danger and triggers your fight-or-flight response

48. 29 RunScanner is a freeware windows system utility which scans your system for all running programs, autostart locations, drivers, services and hijack points.

49. 11 For the congresswoman to attempt to hijack the noble, rationalist legacy of Britain’s greatest 20th-century peacetime premier for her own campaign is regurgitatively infuriating.

50. Bing Desktop is an interesting desktop enhancement not because of its attempt to hijack your browser(s) and search engines, but solely for the fact that it includes Bing's beautiful wallpapers