Synonyms of hijacked

hijacked

verb

variants also highjacked

past tense of hijack

as in commandeered

to take control of (a vehicle) by force

some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commandeered
• seized
• confiscated
• appropriated
• carjacked
• skyjacked
• expropriated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hijacked

The Omani Flydubai co-pilot who hijacked a passenger plane last week planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel, UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi said on Friday. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Season 2’s trailer shows hitwoman Julie reluctantly teaming up with Edward once again, when his dream honeymoon with Kayla (Shalom Brune-Franklin) is hijacked and his new wife taken hostage. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Attackers hijacked three top-level domains and used their control to mint counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large organizations, Google said Tuesday. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026

In April and May, hundreds of users of the social media platform Bluesky discovered that their accounts had been hijacked and used to spread content about Ukraine. — RenÉe Diresta, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Wilson finished with 22 points and nine rebounds on paper, but her late-game meltdown completely hijacked what was otherwise a thrilling 99-89 Indiana victory. — Alejandro Avila , Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Perhaps the biggest was that an HBO Max Reddit account was hijacked and began directing users to an app that was actually infostealer malware in disguise. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

That debate accelerated in early September after Reuters reported that OpenAI’s agents hijacked a dormant German wiki site this spring. — Harshita Mary Varghese, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

On that beautiful Tuesday morning, Islamic terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026