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
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
Instead of leasing new space, retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers used their excess warehouse capacity for stowing away extra merchandise, said Mark Russo, head of industrial research at real estate services firm Savills.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 July 2025
Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Cases of stowaways hiding in wheel wells are rare but not unprecedented — and survival is rarer still.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This aesthetic tote bag is water and sandproof and features multiple pockets to stow away your valuables.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2025
Instead of leasing new space, retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers used their excess warehouse capacity for stowing away extra merchandise, said Mark Russo, head of industrial research at real estate services firm Savills.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 15 July 2025
Verb
The airline has so far not released any details about the circumstances surrounding the stowaway’s entry onto the aircraft.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Cases of stowaways hiding in wheel wells are rare but not unprecedented — and survival is rarer still.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stow away
Noun
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Only one hijacker was taken into custody; the other three were killed during the rescue.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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His journey involved freighters, hitchhiking and about any means of transportation available that was not an airplane or rental car.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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What Hicks longs to do, in the face of these multidirectional threats to life and liberty, is persuade April to run away with him, hitchhiking from Wisconsin to who knows where, like a pair of Depression-era hoboes, out of range of anyone who wishes them ill.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Since then, several states have thumbed their nose at the order.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Before Drew could say anything, Mike thumbed his collar and wandered off, still gazing at the color wheel.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Our amygdala is overactive, our nervous systems are fried and our dopamine cycles are hijacked by short-term stimuli.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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The film, produced by Star Platinum, dramatizes a 1970 incident in which a communist group hijacked a passenger plane and diverted it to Pyongyang.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That outlines Andromeda, the princess, who’s hitched to the rear end of the horse.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Getting stuck in some remote native village for 36 days while hitching rides.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Stow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stow%20away. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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