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
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
Instead of leasing new space, retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers used their excess warehouse capacity for stowing away extra merchandise, said Mark Russo, head of industrial research at real estate services firm Savills.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 July 2025
Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Aviation safety experts note that stowaways who make it through such flights are often unconscious during landing, which puts them at serious risk of falling when the landing gear is deployed.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This aesthetic tote bag is water and sandproof and features multiple pockets to stow away your valuables.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
Instead of leasing new space, retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers used their excess warehouse capacity for stowing away extra merchandise, said Mark Russo, head of industrial research at real estate services firm Savills.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 July 2025
Verb
Cases of stowaways hiding in wheel wells are rare but not unprecedented — and survival is rarer still.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
Aviation safety experts note that stowaways who make it through such flights are often unconscious during landing, which puts them at serious risk of falling when the landing gear is deployed.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stow away
Verb
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What Hicks longs to do, in the face of these multidirectional threats to life and liberty, is persuade April to run away with him, hitchhiking from Wisconsin to who knows where, like a pair of Depression-era hoboes, out of range of anyone who wishes them ill.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Now Kiki is spooked, walks right out of the party, and basically hitchhikes a ride with some invisible truck driver.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Since then, several states have thumbed their nose at the order.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Israel, a small nation dependent on our country for military support, is thumbing its nose at us, the most powerful country in the world.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
17 Sep. 2025
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Somewhere along the way, it was hijacked — people turned into export cargo.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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What about plain-Jane organic sheep who’ve been hijacked by a grapefruit-size eyeball with tentacles?—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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When Jean arrived with Wole, before the sun was high-hot, Kelly was already there, sitting tacky under Mickey Martinez’s arm, inside his red F-150, the boat hitched behind.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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In three weeks’ time, getting hitched in Los Angeles County will become significantly more expensive.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Stow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stow%20away. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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