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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
Tumors growing where chronic injury has hijacked DNA repair and allowed malignant cells to escape control.
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Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Which is why Canadians are particularly incensed at the notion that any American would hijack the Canadian flag and claim it as theirs.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
When your attention is hijacked, your energy goes into shock and outrage.
—Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
On this day 24 years ago, 2,977 people were murdered by al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four jets, including two out of Logan.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
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Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Which is why Canadians are particularly incensed at the notion that any American would hijack the Canadian flag and claim it as theirs.
—Vivian Song, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
When your attention is hijacked, your energy goes into shock and outrage.
—Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
On this day 24 years ago, 2,977 people were murdered by al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four jets, including two out of Logan.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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