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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.
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Hijacked
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noun
6.
an act or instance or hijacking.
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Word Origin & History
hijack
1923, Amer.Eng., from high(way) + jacker "one who holds up." Originally "to rob (a bootlegger, smuggler, etc.) in transit;" sense of "seizing an aircraft in flight" is 1968 (also in 1961 variant skyjack), extended 1970s to any form of public transportation.
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