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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
In the first instance, group chat invites were hijacked to link attacker devices to target accounts.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The fungus that hijacks ants like a ghastly marionette
Penn State
The humble carpenter ant is the unsuspecting victim of this nightmare.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
The attackers traveled to Mumbai by boat from the Pakistani port city of Karachi, hijacking a fishing trawler and killing its five crew members along the way.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Her husband, Gerardo Pelayo, a senior IT analyst, said family trips sometimes get hijacked by his wife’s appetite for tragic histories.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The fungus that hijacks ants like a ghastly marionette
Penn State
The humble carpenter ant is the unsuspecting victim of this nightmare.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
The attackers traveled to Mumbai by boat from the Pakistani port city of Karachi, hijacking a fishing trawler and killing its five crew members along the way.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
Her husband, Gerardo Pelayo, a senior IT analyst, said family trips sometimes get hijacked by his wife’s appetite for tragic histories.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hijack
commandeer
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Like the time Fawaz took some visitors from Kuwait to the training ground, commandeered one of the goalkeepers from a small-sided game with the first team and spent half an hour taking penalties at him.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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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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“Hijack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hijack. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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