skyjack

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Recent Examples of skyjack The only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history still baffles the FBI and amateur sleuths. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
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Verb
  • Mom Denise Antoon reflects on Butler and Marino, the latter of whom several participants accuse of having tried to hijack the Lifetime series, in an emotional segment in the documentary.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 July 2025
  • There’s no pretending otherwise: disgraced and deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein has hijacked Washington.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2018
Verb
  • But in February, the rock titans will commandeer the 4,100-capacity Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for a dozen shows.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • Members of the White Helmets had commandeered the kitchen for festivities.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 10 July 2025

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“Skyjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyjack. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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