Thesaurus results for HIJACK

hijack

verb

ˈhī-ˌjak

variants also highjack

Definition of hijack

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 Morgan was a young airbus pilot for United when terrorists hijacked four planes and used them to attack the United States. — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026 Cybersecurity firm Calif used AI to build a proof-of-concept worm that could hijack WeChat accounts and spread through users' contacts. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026 Three of the four planes hijacked in the attacks were bound for Los Angeles. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026 The terrorists hijacked four jets, flying two — aiming one at each of the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City — and one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hijack

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In the course of three weeks, Israeli soldiers destroyed much of the area, razing schools and mosques and commandeering buildings for use as military posts.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Curious Londoners stopped to figure out why a marching band, a blue bird and a few hundred Americans had suddenly commandeered a stretch of Oxford Street.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

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The charges stemmed from fighting more than a decade ago between the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels who seized power from then-President François Bozizé, and a mainly Christian militia called the anti-Balaka.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Confession has also been a way for artists to seize authority from systems that preferred them silent, decorative, or safely explained.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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