skyjack in English

verb
1
hijack (an aircraft).
Jerrold Post interviewed for eight hours an Abu Nidal terrorist who skyjacked an airliner and killed five passengers.
noun
1
an act of skyjacking.

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1. Loufoque offers the logical conclusion that if Hunt Burgled the Democratic HQ’s in DC AND also Burgled Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office to get dirt on the guy who released the damning Pentagon Papers, why not skyjack an airplane to give President Richard Nixon the political ammunition he would need to federalize airline safety?

2. Commandeer: 1 v take arbitrarily or by force “The Cubans Commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami” Synonyms: highjack , hijack , pirate Types: skyjack subject an aircraft to air piracy carjack take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it Type of: seize take or capture by force