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
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
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
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Noun
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
Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stow away
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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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More than 1,600 reviewers give this cheesy pasta two thumbs up – or five stars.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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By continuing to insist that the United States does not need Canada – or any other country – Trump is thumbing his nose at our biggest trade partners and allies.—
Douglas Schoen,
Oc Register,
11 May 2025
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Multiple national park advocacy groups, including some comprised of current and former NPS employees, have called for the public to hijack the government’s initiative by posting comments in support of national parks and their employees.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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But most user applications don't have kernel access specifically because a buggy app (or one hijacked by malware) with kernel access can bring the entire system down rather than just affecting the app.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 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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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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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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