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, 6 July 2025
Palmer still has the dining room table, where Capitol Meridian started several years ago, stowed away in the firm’s office.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Kim Willis, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors believe Dali attempted to fly as a stowaway on two earlier occasions.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
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Noun
This leaves the smartphone’s storage ready for more photos while the phone’s owner knows their precious photos and videos are safely stowed away on the NAS.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Palmer still has the dining room table, where Capitol Meridian started several years ago, stowed away in the firm’s office.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Verb
In reality, he was born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk in Holland and came to America as an underage stowaway.
—Kim Willis, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors believe Dali attempted to fly as a stowaway on two earlier occasions.
—ABC News, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stow away
Verb
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His career began by flipping Whoppers at Burger King, hitchhiking across the world, and living off of food stamps.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That film now boasts a $247 million domestic haul, nothing to thumb your nose at, but nothing compared to the DCU's big Marvel counterprogramming for the summer season, Superman.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Today, Lone Star state legislators are thumbing their noses at the longstanding political norm, followed by every other state, of waiting until the next census before redrawing their congressional districts.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York City, Washington, DC, and outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after 19 al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four US commercial airplanes bound for West Coast destinations.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Terrorists associated with the extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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She’s hitched from Novi Sad, where the railway station collapsed in December.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Except that in this case, she was already hitched to the glamour dude.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Stow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stow%20away. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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