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highjacker

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high⋅jack⋅er

  [hahy-jak-er]
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–noun
hijacker.

hi⋅jack⋅er

  [hahy-jak-er]
–noun
a person who hijacks.
Also, highjacker.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; high(wayman) + jacker, appar. jack 1 to hunt by night with aid of a jack light + -er 1
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highjacker

noun
1. someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination 
2. a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it 
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