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
Supporters of these reforms say zoning laws have been hijacked by NIMBYs, and control should be shifted away from local leaders to cities and states.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Furthermore, viruses exploit these interactions by hijacking host proteins to replicate during infection.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Years of overwork and stress had hijacked my brain.
—Danielle Postel-Vinay, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The WormGPT name itself has been hijacked by other dark AI models as well, including keanu-WormGPT, which utilizes a jailbroken version of X’s Grok.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Furthermore, viruses exploit these interactions by hijacking host proteins to replicate during infection.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Years of overwork and stress had hijacked my brain.
—Danielle Postel-Vinay, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
The WormGPT name itself has been hijacked by other dark AI models as well, including keanu-WormGPT, which utilizes a jailbroken version of X’s Grok.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hijack
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Some hosts might not like someone else commandeering the centerpiece of the meal.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
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Under the cover of night, a flotilla of boats, some of them commandeered from local fishermen, tried to cross the Dnipro and land on the embankment near the plant, according to three Ukrainian military officers involved in the planning and execution of the assault.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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On Iowa State’s next possession, TCU senior safety Bud Clark came up with a massive interception right before the two-minute timeout, giving TCU a great opportunity to seize control of the game with the Horned Frogs getting the ball at halftime.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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Pokrovsk would be the largest city Russia has seized since Bakhmut in May 2023.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Hijack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hijack. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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