as in to hijack
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The Heat was that mediocre in a season hijacked by the Jimmy Butler drama, suspensions and trade.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025 -
In the first instance, group chat invites were hijacked to link attacker devices to target accounts.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 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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Parents retreat to the top-floor study while kids commandeer the lower-level theater.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The 72-mile path that the AT takes through Great Smoky Mountains National Park could have commandeered nearly three-quarters of this list, but that would be a copout.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Carjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjack. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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