variants
also highjack
as in to commandeer
to take control of (a vehicle) by force
some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun
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Recent Examples of hijack
These devices emit bursts of electromagnetic energy across multiple bands, effectively blinding or hijacking most standard FPV drones that depend on Wi-Fi or radio.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Somewhere along the way, it was hijacked — people turned into export cargo.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
What about plain-Jane organic sheep who’ve been hijacked by a grapefruit-size eyeball with tentacles?
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
But this past weekend, users noticed the title was secretly installing malware on their PCs that could hijack cryptocurrency wallets.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Somewhere along the way, it was hijacked — people turned into export cargo.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
What about plain-Jane organic sheep who’ve been hijacked by a grapefruit-size eyeball with tentacles?
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
But this past weekend, users noticed the title was secretly installing malware on their PCs that could hijack cryptocurrency wallets.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hijack
commandeer
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There is a First World War U-boat that somehow glides from underneath Lake Michigan all the way to Croatia, commandeered by its captain, post-Armistice, for new and clandestine uses.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Now, Samsung is commandeering some of the screens already set up in homes to display ads.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Hijack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hijack. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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