highjack
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highjack (ˈhaɪˌdʒæk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb, —n | |
| a less common spelling of hijack | |
| 'highjacker | |
| —n | |
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Highjack
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act or an instance of hijacking |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
| highjack or highjack | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C20: of unknown origin] | |
| 'hijacker or highjack | |
| —n | |
| 'highjacker or highjack | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
We broadened the citizen engagement process while working through some difficulties with those who would highjack it.
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