Thesaurus results for 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

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Recent Examples of hijacked 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 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 The morning of September 11, two airplanes hijacked by Islamic extremist terrorists struck the World Trade Center in New York City. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026 Another happened in 2022 when attackers hijacked IP addresses belonging to Amazon. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 That is up from Politico’s report that Somali pirates had seized at least three tankers carrying oil and fertilizer since April, while a chemical-carrying ship was hijacked off Yemen in July. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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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
Inside the farmhouse, the kitchen speaker has been entirely commandeered by cast members Earl Cave and Conrad Khan.

— Riann Phillip, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026

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Meanwhile in 2023, the company seized the opportunity to launch on TikTok Shop with select brands shortly after the platform’s Stateside debut, and has since continued to innovate there through live-selling and cutting-edge creator partnerships.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
The filing cites items that were seized from her home in a federal investigation with no assurance that they will be returned, as well as unauthorized people who gained access to her Los Angeles residence.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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