What does HIJACKING mean?
Definitions for HIJACKING
hi·jack·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
highjacking, hijackingnoun
robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
Wiktionary
hijackingnoun
The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.
hijackingnoun
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
Etymology: See hijack
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HIJACKING in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HIJACKING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of HIJACKING in a Sentence
Iran kept provoking the U.S. by hijacking oil tankers, shooting down a drone, and then attacking the Saudi Arabia Aramco facilities, trump only reacted militarily after the American Embassy was attacked in Iran.
I'm Dave McCormick, i've been fighting my whole life from wrestling in this gym to one just like it at West Point. I fought for freedom in Iraq and American capitalism, not socialism. And now I'm running for the US Senate to fight the woke mob, hijacking America's future.
This was a felony stop, as we both believed that this car was just taken in a vehicular hijacking.
During the hijacking, Peter called our witness ... and described to him what was going on inside the plane, that's about the only direct evidence we have from someone on Flight 175.
I started being interested in screams when a friend of mine told me that the sound of his newborn's screams was literally hijacking his brain, and I wondered what makes screams so efficient as an alarm signal.
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Translations for HIJACKING
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- اختطافArabic
- gijzeling, kapingDutch
- sequestroPortuguese
- piratareaRomanian
- kaçırmakTurkish
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