hijacking - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

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Adjective hijacking has 1 sense

hijacking - stopping and stealing or stealing from a vehicle in transit; "hijacking gangs after truckloads of cigarettes"

Noun hijacking has 1 sense

highjacking, hijacking - robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
--₁ is a kind of robbery

Derived form: verb hijack₁

Verb hijack has 1 sense

commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
--₁ is one way to seize

Derived forms: noun hijack₁, noun hijacker₁, noun hijacker₂, noun hijacking₁
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