highjacked; highjacking; highjacks
: hijack
"… People didn't know what he was going to do—some even thought he was planning to highjack the plane."—
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Instead, along the way, the load may be highjacked and end up in the arterial wall.
—Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
In short order, four U.S.-flagged aircraft were highjacked.
—Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
Murray won her second HOH of the season this past week, but Martin’s Deepfake HOH power highjacked her power.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
For any business that’s been highjacked or shut down on Facebook, Meta is providing a new support flow to fix and regain access to them.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 3 May 2023
Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2018
The attempt by Somali pirates to highjack the U.S. ship the Maersk Alabama in 2009 was featured prominently on cable news and introduced the Somalia problem to the American public.
—Peter Eichstaedt, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
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Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
In short order, four U.S.-flagged aircraft were highjacked.
—Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
Murray won her second HOH of the season this past week, but Martin’s Deepfake HOH power highjacked her power.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
For any business that’s been highjacked or shut down on Facebook, Meta is providing a new support flow to fix and regain access to them.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 3 May 2023
Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2018
The attempt by Somali pirates to highjack the U.S. ship the Maersk Alabama in 2009 was featured prominently on cable news and introduced the Somalia problem to the American public.
—Peter Eichstaedt, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2011
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“Highjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highjack. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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