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Hijacker

[hahy-jak-er]

hi·jack·er

[hahy-jak-er]
noun
a person who hijacks.


Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; high(wayman) + jacker, apparently jack1 to hunt by night with aid of a jack light + -er1
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World English Dictionary
hijack or highjack (ˈhaɪˌdʒæk)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to seize, divert, or appropriate (a vehicle or the goods it carries) while in transit: to hijack an aircraft
2.  to rob (a person or vehicle) by force: to hijack a traveller
3.  (esp in the US during Prohibition) to rob (a bootlegger or smuggler) of his illicit goods or to steal (illicit goods) in transit
 
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4.  the act or an instance of hijacking
 
[C20: of unknown origin]
 
highjack or highjack
 
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[C20: of unknown origin]
 
'hijacker or highjack
 
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'highjacker or highjack
 
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