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
Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Read Next National Stray cat stows away in cargo container from China to Minnesota.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2025
Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
On Saturday May 24, two stowaway pigeons caused the delay on Delta Flight 2348, which was supposed to fly from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin, according to passenger Thomas Caw, who was onboard the plane during the incident.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2025
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Noun
All the components can be stowed away inside the case and charged using a single USB-C cable.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Read Next National Stray cat stows away in cargo container from China to Minnesota.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2025
Verb
Sweetman argues that his lander’s benthic chamber — a device used to measure oxygen exchange in seafloor sediment — has enough fail-safe features to ensure the experiments weren’t fouled by stowaway air bubbles.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
On Saturday May 24, two stowaway pigeons caused the delay on Delta Flight 2348, which was supposed to fly from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin, according to passenger Thomas Caw, who was onboard the plane during the incident.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2025
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This determined German walked out of a camp in Oklahoma, hitchhiked a ride to Baltimore, talked his way onto a freighter bound for Lisbon, crossed Portugal and Italy to Germany.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
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Charlie hitchhikes to Wichita, but then, when Taylor Schilling’s Agent Annie looks at the car, hoping to find the now on-the-run Charlie, there’s nobody there.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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Audience members are stunned—none more so than those watching at home on YouTube, who swiftly thumb in their words of reassurance.—
Laura Holliday,
Wired News,
15 Aug. 2025
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With the sixth round of negotiations just two days away, however, Israel thumbed its nose at the United States and launched an attack on Iran anyway.—
Ron Paul,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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Scammers can intercept security codes and log in to your account by hijacking your phone number or infecting your device.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The person the suspect hijacked the car from is among those killed.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Aug. 2025
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If more cash from Congress is required, lawmakers may look to hitch it to a must-pass spending bill.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
8 July 2025
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Though they got hitched in 2022, Colleen and Matt didn't move in together for two more years.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
13 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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“Stow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stow%20away. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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