as in to hijack
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Scammers can intercept security codes and log in to your account by hijacking your phone number or infecting your device.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Aug. 2025 -
The person the suspect hijacked the car from is among those killed.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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And in 1995, a former soldier commandeered a tank in San Diego, leading police of a destructive, city-wide chase.—
Dell Cameron,
Wired News,
7 Aug. 2025
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) commandeered the chamber floor early Thursday morning to deliver a marathon speech hammering away at the GOP’s tax and spending cut bill, stalling a final vote on the sprawling package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
3 July 2025
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“Carjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjack. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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