skyjack (redirected from skyjackers)

sky·jack  (skjk)

tr.v. sky·jacked, sky·jack·ing, sky·jacks

To subject (an aircraft) to air piracy.

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[sky + (hi)jack.]

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skyjacker n.

skyjacking n.

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skyjack [ˈskaɪˌdʒæk]

vb

(Engineering / Aeronautics) (tr) to commandeer (an aircraft), usually at gunpoint during flight, forcing the pilot to fly somewhere other than to the scheduled destination

[from sky + hijack]

skyjacker  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

skyjack - subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" commandeer, highjack, hijack, pirate - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"

Translations

skyjack [ˈskaɪdʒæk] VT [+ plane] → atracar, piratear

skyjack [ˈskaɪˌdʒæk] vt (aircraft) → dirottare

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skyjack [ˈskaɪˌdʒæk] vt (aircraft) → dirottare