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noun

Definition of stowaway

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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Noun

The recovery follows the removal of black and brown rats that had accidentally arrived on the island as stowaways on ships and shipwrecks. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 In February, a stowaway was arrested after he was allegedly found floating in a Puerto Rican harbor with 789 pounds of cocaine. — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 12 June 2026

Verb

The bed's outer foundational support rail then slides out and stows away against the far sidewall, more than doubling the amount of open floor space. — C.c. Weiss may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2026 For those escaping to Philadelphia from regions nearer to Pennsylvania, clandestine travel by small boat or by road was more likely than stowing away on a steamship. — Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stowaway

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Noun

The incident, which was part of a double-whammy of violent encounters for the hijacker that day, was preventable and should have been better controlled, according to a wrongful-death suit filed by Jazzmyn Byrd, the daughter of a man who was shot during the hijacking.

— Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 June 2026
The hijacker was killed when Turkish commandos stormed the airliner and freed the 40 passengers and crew.

— Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025

Definition of hijacker

Verb

Goodman was hitchhiking in the days following the festival when a driver stopped to give him a ride.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
There are dozens of examples of invasive marine species hitchhiking on ships and threatening ecosystems around the globe.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of hitchhike

Verb

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is handing Ukraine the blueprints to a valuable piece of his country’s military technology, thumbing his nose at a Kremlin that says the United Kingdom is now a party in the conflict.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
Orion gave a smirk and thumbs up to the camera while Keats made a funny face and stuck his tongue out.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of thumb

Verb

The longtime Adult Swim mischief-maker behind the viral hits ‘Too Many Cooks’ and ‘Yule Log’ specializes in hijacking familiar media formats, revealing the sinister anxieties beneath them.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Set in Massachusetts in 1858, the novel tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who gets trapped aboard a schooner as it gets hijacked.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of hijack

Verb

Others rented bicycles to pedal around the 8-mile island loop, pausing to climb the stairs to Arch Rock, shop for fudge, and relax over a drink at Pink Pony before hitching the last tender back to the ship.

— Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026
Looks like an entire orbital launchpad could be hitched to a semi-truck and driven anywhere on Earth, thanks to space launch provider Rocket Lab.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

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