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sky⋅jack

[skahy-jak]
–verb (used with object)
to hijack (an airliner), esp. in order to hold the passengers and plane for ransom or for political reasons.

Origin:
1965–70; sky + (hi)jack


skyjacker, noun
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sky·jack   (skī'jāk')   
tr.v.   sky·jacked, sky·jack·ing, sky·jacks
To subject (an aircraft) to air piracy.

[sky + (hi)jack.]
sky'jack'er n., sky'jack'ing n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

skyjack 
"to hijack an airplane," 1961, apparently coined in N.Y. Mirror headlines, from sky + second element of hijack (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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