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
  • While the Ghor rebels are hijacking an imperial supply vehicle — in order to reveal to the galaxy that the Empire is lying about its intentions for the planet — Kleya is at a fancy party, trying to remove one of her listening devices from an antique artifact in an aristocrat’s personal gallery.
    Noel Murray, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Without a clear framework, machine identities can be hijacked, impersonated, or manipulated at scale, allowing attackers to bypass traditional security systems unnoticed.
    Sol Rashidi, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 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
  • 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
  • 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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“Skyjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyjack. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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