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[hahy-jak] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey. |
| 2. | to rob (a vehicle) after forcing it to stop: They hijacked the truck before it entered the city. |
| 3. | to seize (a vehicle) by force or threat of force. |
| 4. | to skyjack. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to engage in such stealing or seizing. |
–noun
| 6. | an act or instance or hijacking. |
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| high·jack (hī'jāk') v. & n. Variant of hijack. |
| hi·jack also high·jack (hī'jāk') tr.v. hi·jacked also high·jacked, hi·jack·ing also high·jack·ing, hi·jacks also high·jacks
[Probably back-formation from highjacker, perhaps from jacker, holdup man, from jack, to jacklight.] hi'jack'er n. |
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