hi·jack

also high·jack (hī′jăk′)

tr.v. hi·jacked, hi·jack·ing, hi·jacks also high·jacked or high·jack·ing or high·jacks

a. To seize control of (a vehicle such as an airplane or bus) by use of force, especially as a way of reaching an alternate destination or as an act of terrorism.

b. To kidnap (a person in a vehicle): people who have experienced the trauma of being hijacked.

c. To stop and rob (a vehicle in transit).

d. To steal (goods) from a vehicle in transit.

a. To take control of (something) without permission or authorization and use it for one's own purposes: dissidents who hijacked the town council; spammers who hijacked a computer network.

b. To steal or appropriate for oneself: hijacked her story and used it in his own book.

The act or an instance of hijacking.

[Probably back-formation from highjacker, perhaps from jacker, holdup man, from jack, to jacklight.]

hi′jack′er n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hi•jack•er

(ˈhaɪˌdʒæk ər)

n.

a person who hijacks.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	hijacker - a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it highwayman, road agent, highjacker footpad, padder - a highwayman who robs on foot holdup man, stickup man - an armed thief
	2.	hijacker - someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination highjacker aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Translations

مُخْتَطِفمُختَطِفٌ

pirátúnosce

kaprer

Entführer Flugzeugentführer

πειρατής σε μέσο μεταφοράς

secuestrador

kaappaaja

piratepirate de l’air

otmičar

géprabló

ræningi

dirottatore

ハイジャックの犯人

공중 납치범

ugrabitelj

kapare

โจรจี้เครื่องบิน

hava korsanıkorsan

không tặc

劫持犯抢劫者绑匪

hijacker

[ˈhaɪdʒækəʳ] N → secuestrador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hijacker

[ˈhaɪdʒækə^r] n [plane] → pirate mf de l'air; [car] → pirate mf de la route; [train] → assaillant(e) m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hijacker

n → Entführer(in) m(f), → Hijacker(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hijacker

[ˈhaɪˌdʒækəʳ] n (of aircraft) → dirottatore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hijack

(ˈhaidʒӕk) verb

1. to take control of (an aeroplane) while it is moving and force the pilot to fly to a particular place.

2. to stop and rob (a vehicle). Thieves hijacked a lorry carrying $20,000 worth of whisky.

3. to steal (something) from a vehicle. Thieves hijacked $20,000 worth of whisky from a lorry.

noun

the act of hijacking.

ˈhijacker noun

hijacker

→ مُختَطِفٌ únosce kaprer Entführer πειρατής σε μέσο μεταφοράς secuestrador kaappaaja pirate de l’air otmičar dirottatore ハイジャックの犯人 공중 납치범 kaper kaprer porywacz sequestrador угонщик kapare โจรจี้เครื่องบิน korsan không tặc 绑匪

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