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1. (v.t.) hijack
to seize (an airplane or other vehicle) by threat or by force, esp. for ransom or political objectives.
2. hijack
to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop:
to hijack a load of whiskey.
3. hijack
to rob (a vehicle) after forcing it to stop:
They hijacked the truck outside the city.
4. (n.) hijack
an act or instance of hijacking.
Etymology: (1920–25, Amer.; of uncert. orig.)
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1. (verb) hijack, highjack
seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
2. (verb) commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate
take arbitrarily or by force
"The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
3. (verb) hijack
seize control of
"they hijacked the judicial process"
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1. (verb) hijack
to use force to take control of a vehicle
The plane was hijacked by terrorists.
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Sense: to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.
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 Afrikaans: kaap |
 Arabic: يَخْتَطِف |
 Bulgarian: отвличам |
 Brazilian: sequestrar |
 Czech: unést |
 German: entführen |
 Danish: kapre |
 Greek: κάνω (αερο)πειρατεία |
 Spanish: secuestrar |
 Estonian: kaaperdama |
 Farsi: هواپيما ربايی کردن |
 Finnish: kaapata |
 French: détourner |
 Hebrew: לַחֲטוֹף |
 Hindi: अपहरण करना |
 Croatian: oteti (avion) |
 Hungarian: eltérít (repülőt) |
 Indonesian: membajak |
 Icelandic: ræna flugvél |
 Italian: dirottare |
 Japanese: 乗っ取る |
 Korean: 공중 납치하다 |
 Lithuanian: užgrobti |
 Latvian: nolaupīt (lidmašīnu) |
 Malay: merampas |
 Dutch: kapen |
 Norwegian: kapre |
 Polish: porwać/uprowadzić (samolo |
 Persian: هواپيما ربايی کردن |
 Pashto: الوتکی ته یر غل کول |
 Portuguese: sequestrar |
 Romanian: a deturna |
 Russian: угонять (самолёт) |
 Slovak: uniesť |
 Slovenian: ugrabiti letalo |
 Serbian: oteti avion |
 Swedish: kapa |
 Thai: จี้เครื่องบิน |
 Turkish: uçak kaçırmak |
 Taiwanese: 劫持 |
 Ukrainian: захоплювати літак |
 Urdu: ہوائی جہاز کو اغوا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: không tặc |
 Chinese: 劫持 |
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