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 stowaway
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Dali had been charged with a federal stowaway count for boarding an overnight Delta flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Nov. 26, 2024, and traveling to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France without having a ticket.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
In transit, the Tune Pro can be folded and stowed away in a bag without taking up too much space.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Noun
What began as a stowaway species has grown into an ecological juggernaut.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Dali had been charged with a federal stowaway count for boarding an overnight Delta flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Nov. 26, 2024, and traveling to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France without having a ticket.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Verb
No ugly speakers or tell-tale wires—and all the controls panels are discreetly stowed away in little ‘nerve center’ closets on each deck.
—Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
In transit, the Tune Pro can be folded and stowed away in a bag without taking up too much space.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowaway
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Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.—
Sydney Sasser,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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The towers could allow some of their members to reach new places or to hitchhike on other organisms such as fruit flies.—
Jacek Krywko,
Scientific American,
5 June 2025
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Four gun owners and a gun store challenged the ban, arguing the state is thumbing its nose at the court's 2022 decision.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The Savannah Bananas thumbed their nose at such nonsense.—
Emma Moon,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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This latest warning is similar to the list of Android apps hijacked to trick users into giving up their crypto wallet login details.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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This attack enables hackers to hijack mobile numbers, intercept one-time passwords, and take over bank accounts without the user’s consent, leaving no trace.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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At Newfound Gap, folks often hitch northwest down U.S. 441, toward their first day off in Gatlinburg, Tenn.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
20 June 2025
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Boomers’ children aren’t getting hitched as easily, and those who do are less likely to split up.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 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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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowaway. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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