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
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
Whalers and pirates in the 18th and 19th centuries discovered tortoises to be the ideal stowaway meal.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Michelle and her new friend stow away in the back of a semi-truck owned by a smuggler named Keats (Chris Pratt, in autopilot mode).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
A couple went on a camping trip in New Zealand, drove over 180 miles back home and then found a stowaway creature in their car.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
Whalers and pirates in the 18th and 19th centuries discovered tortoises to be the ideal stowaway meal.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
Bonus: When the growing season's over, the structure folds down and stows away flat.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Michelle and her new friend stow away in the back of a semi-truck owned by a smuggler named Keats (Chris Pratt, in autopilot mode).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowaway
Verb
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Rosemary hitchhiked to the prison wearing a simple crepe and silk shawl to comfort her husband, brushing aside fears about the Zodiac Killer operating in the area.—
Susannah Cahalan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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The complaint alleges that staff regularly sent students unattended to hitchhike for errands.—
Glynis Kazanjian,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
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On the heels of a 22-year attendance high and a TV ratings surge that thumbed its nose at the cord-cutting trends, the WNBA heads back to the court with a mission to convert even more casual observers into fans than was the case a year ago.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 May 2025
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The state planned to keep its gender-eligibility policy to allow biological males to compete against females in sports, thumbing its nose at President Donald Trump's executive order.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
Verb
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In the past Hamas reportedly has hijacked food aid, retaining some for its own forces and selling what remains to the public.—
Dina Kraft,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 May 2025
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In effect, advocates of a higher SALT deduction have hijacked the entire budget process in pursuit of a self-serving carve-out that has crowded out everything else under discussion.—
The Editors,
National Review,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Load it with lumber, hitch a trailer, or even drive into a strong headwind, and that figure can drop faster than your enthusiasm on a Monday morning.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 May 2025
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Instead, women’s football has been hitched to the Festival Girl Power Summer brandwagon.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
13 May 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 28 May. 2025.
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