hijacking in English

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

• highjacking

verb

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

Use "hijacking" in a sentence

1. Account Hijacking

2. Hijacking an airplane is relatively inexpensive.

3. I have been told about the hijacking.

4. One person was killed during the hijacking.

5. Prosecutors dropped the charges for the cigarette hijacking.

6. Saturday afternoon he foiled a hijacking at LAX.

7. The men were intent on hijacking the airplane.

8. He's survived that and even hijacking and a shooting.

9. Chapter # describes the offences that relate to piracy and aircraft hijacking

10. The current law, the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982, was last amended in 1994.

11. 20 37 a.m.: Air traffic control reports the hijacking to the US military.

12. At the time of the hijacking the aircraft was 3 years and 3 months old.

13. Software and hardware for the prevention of electronic account hijacking and identity theft

14. Chapter III describes the offences that relate to piracy and aircraft hijacking.

15. Synonyms for Buccaneering include piracy, plagiarism, stealing, theft, bootlegging, hijacking, robbery, freebooting, infringement and rapine

16. In 1976, discussion arose over impending expiration of the statute of limitations on the hijacking.

17. Chapters # and # describe the offences that relate to destruction, piracy and aircraft hijacking

18. Evans was jailed for hijacking a lorry with a ￡000 load of spirits, tobacco and groceries.

19. All the networks pre-empted their regular schedules to broadcast news of the hijacking.

20. July 1973: Red Army members led the hijacking of Japan Air Lines Flight 404 over the Netherlands.

21. However, he managed to contact air traffic control through a concealed button and report the hijacking.

22. From sheer habit Paulie Gatto wondered just how he could go about hijacking that fat pocketbook.

23. In the hijacking case mentioned earlier, the hostages had no way to liberate themselves, even if they were rich.

24. We must have over 100 redundancies in place to prevent some punk with a laptop from hijacking satellites.

25. The alleged mastermind of the hijacking, who did not take part in the actual operation, was Takaya Shiomi.

26. By hijacking a Syrian civilian aircraft in # srael committed the first act of air piracy in history

27. Synonyms for Abducting include kidnapping, kidnaping, seizing, snatching, capturing, carrying off, making off with, hijacking, running off with and shanghaiing

28. Piracy and terrorism must be condemned too. I refer to the recent hijacking of two aircraft and a passenger vessel.

29. Flight Engineer Anil K. Jaggia also wrote a book specifically depicting the events that unfolded during the hijacking ordeal.

30. By hijacking a Syrian civilian aircraft in 1954, Israel committed the first act of air piracy in history.

31. More evidence that Communists — not merely “democratic socialists” — are hijacking the Democratic Party is the emergence of California Rep

32. A short while later, the crew was also released and authorities detained five men in connection with the hijacking.

33. 26 Internet security issues include DDOS attacks, domain name hijacking, Trojan program, control of zombie host, webpage defacement and network spoofing.

34. Throughout his criminal life, Kuklinski was involved in narcotics, pornography, arms dealing, money laundering, collecting debts for loan sharking, hijacking and contract killing.

35. Of specific nature are the proscribed offences of foreign enlistment (s71), piracy (s72), hijacking (s73) and related aircrafts offences (ss 74, 75 & 76).

36. Adware has the potential to become malicious and harm your device by slowing it down, hijacking your browser and installing viruses and/or spyware.

37. Buccaneering: 1 n hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it Synonyms: piracy Type of: highjacking , hijacking robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

38. ISBN 1-60552-014-4 (The self-published story of Barbara Dayton, who claimed to have staged the hijacking disguised as a man, then recanted her story.)

39. Additionally, the report cites affidavits Alleging the exploitation of the elderly and the infirm by “effectively hijacking their identities and votes” and accuses Democrats of using the

40. At the national level, Parliament had recently enacted legislation to punish acts of terrorism such as the hijacking of aircraft, thereby demonstrating the Government’s determination to take concrete measures against terrorism.

41. Both, moreover, are expert in hijacking the language of peace, while glorying in past and even continuing exploits of terror as they adeptly dodge from one phase of struggle to another.

42. The general feeling of lawlessness in Chechnya increased during the first seven months in 1994, when four hijacking accidents occurred, involving people trying to flee the country

43. At the national level, Parliament had recently enacted legislation to punish acts of terrorism such as the hijacking of aircraft, thereby demonstrating the Government's determination to take concrete measures against terrorism

44. 1. hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it Familiarity information: Buccaneering used as a noun is very rare.

45. ‘When an information resource is collectively provided and placed in the public domain, hijacking sounds even more Censurable and in theory resembles a real theft.’ ‘Committee A is persuaded that the actions against the two professors are Censurable.’

46. Bacteriophages (or phages) are obligate intracellular parasites that infect bacteria and reproduce by hijacking their host’s biosynthetic pathways.4 Phages are classified as either lytic or lysogenic based upon their replication strategy

47. Synonyms for Buccaneering noun hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or …

48. Before the hijacking of MT Orkim Harmony, another oil tanker named MT Orkim Victory was hijacked by eight Indonesian pirates armed with two hand guns and a parang on 4 June in the South China Sea.

49. Hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it Familiarity information: BuccaneerinG used as a noun is very rare.

50. Committee A is persuaded that the actions against the two professors are Censurable.: When an information resource is collectively provided and placed in the public domain, hijacking sounds even more Censurable and in theory resembles a real theft.: Macbeth's actions illustrate contrasting examples of praiseworthy and Censurable ambition.: Nevertheless, the mere possession of a Censurable