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
Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The stowaways, both from the Dominican Republic, were pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Mark stows away in the back of Cobel’s truck as she and Devon drive to a Lumon facility known as Cottage Farm.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Another group of stowaways posed a definite threat to themselves, as well as to passenger safety.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
The stowaways, both from the Dominican Republic, were pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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
Mark stows away in the back of Cobel’s truck as she and Devon drive to a Lumon facility known as Cottage Farm.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 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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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
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Navratilova on Thursday posed a question to Democrats as some states have continued to thumb their nose at President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep males out of girls’ and women’s sports.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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While the Ghor rebels are hijacking an imperial supply vehicle — in order to reveal to the galaxy that the Empire is lying about its intentions for the planet — Kleya is at a fancy party, trying to remove one of her listening devices from an antique artifact in an aristocrat’s personal gallery.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Without a clear framework, machine identities can be hijacked, impersonated, or manipulated at scale, allowing attackers to bypass traditional security systems unnoticed.—
Sol Rashidi,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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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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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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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 22 May. 2025.
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