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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skyjack
Verb
  • Somewhere along the way, it was hijacked — people turned into export cargo.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • What about plain-Jane organic sheep who’ve been hijacked by a grapefruit-size eyeball with tentacles?
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The teens allegedly attempted to carjack him and a woman, whom police identified as his significant other, according to authorities.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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“Skyjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyjack. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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