as in hijacker
someone who hides on a ship, airplane, etc., in order to travel without paying or being seen
A stowaway was discovered on the ship.
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Recent Examples of stow away
Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Houston has two healthy left-handed hitters on its 40-man roster, one of whom is third catcher César Salazar stowed away at Triple-A Sugar Land.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
On Saturday May 24, two stowaway pigeons caused the delay on Delta Flight 2348, which was supposed to fly from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin, according to passenger Thomas Caw, who was onboard the plane during the incident.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2025
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Noun
The Peg Stake is a durable spike that can be easily collapsed and stowed away on the side of Pine Beat when not in use.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Houston has two healthy left-handed hitters on its 40-man roster, one of whom is third catcher César Salazar stowed away at Triple-A Sugar Land.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
Sweetman argues that his lander’s benthic chamber — a device used to measure oxygen exchange in seafloor sediment — has enough fail-safe features to ensure the experiments weren’t fouled by stowaway air bubbles.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
On Saturday May 24, two stowaway pigeons caused the delay on Delta Flight 2348, which was supposed to fly from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin, according to passenger Thomas Caw, who was onboard the plane during the incident.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stow away
Verb
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Meanwhile, the suspect, who exited the bus after the shooting and hitchhiked to the area of Mound and Davison, is still on the loose, police say.—
Andrea May Sahouri,
Freep.com,
2 July 2025
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Colleen was 20 years old when she was kidnapped while hitchhiking in California.—
Makena Gera,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Perhaps equally repugnant is the thought that a magazine that once thumbed its nose seems to have shifted its hand and sadly scratches an ear.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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And now: Hardy has evolved since then into a rock star adept at making country music that thumbs its nose at mainstream expectations.—
Laura L. Davis,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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But among the most surprising of the research team’s findings were nine new proteins tied to photosynthesis, suggesting these viruses are capable of hijacking their host’s ability to process energy.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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The jets also targeted the Galaxy Leader, a commercial vessel the Houthis hijacked back in November 2023.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The episode then ends with a surprise twist after Issa backs out and Paul Baker ends up getting hitched to Anton, with the two sharing a loving kiss after growing closer to each other all season.—
Stacy Lambe,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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Sure, folks are talking about Jeff Bezos finally getting hitched to Lauren Sanchez, reportedly in Venice, Italy.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2025
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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
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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
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