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- Dictionaryhi·jack/ˈhīˌjak/
verb
- 1. unlawfully 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"
noun
- 1. an incident or act of hijacking: "an unsuccessful hijack attempt"
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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.
The meaning of HIJACK is to steal (goods in transit) by stopping a vehicle. How to use hijack in a sentence.
hijack. (haɪdʒæk ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense hijacks , present participle hijacking , past tense, past participle hijacked. 1. verb. If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another.
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.” If your friend has a bad habit of interrupting other people to talk about himself, you can say that he tends to hijack the conversation.
Hijack definition: to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop. See examples of HIJACK used in a sentence.
the crime of using force or threats to take control of an aircraft, ship, car, etc., or an occasion when this happens: The attacks included the hijacking of four planes. The government adopted new measures to prevent hijackings. [ U ] disapproving.
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 London to Rome.