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Hijack: Created by Jim Field Smith, George Kay. With Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Max Beesley, Ben Miles. A plane from Dubai to London is hijacked over a 7-hour flight, while authorities on the ground scramble for answers.
HIJACKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of hijack 2. to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle…. Learn 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.
HIJACKING definition: 1. the crime of using force or threats to take control of an aircraft, ship, car, etc., or an…. Learn more.
Definition of hijack verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
noun. us / ˈhaɪ.dʒæk.ɪŋ / uk / ˈhaɪ.dʒæk.ɪŋ /. Add to word list. Add to word list. [ C or U ] (also hijack) 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 hijacking of a recent meeting by anti-nuclear protesters. Check pronunciation: hijacking. Definition of hijacking noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
hijack. verb. /ˈhaɪdʒæk/. Verb Forms. 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.
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.
