(to) hijack

  • 11hijack — 01. All airports now have metal detectors to make sure passengers are not carrying weapons which could be used to [hijack] a plane. 02. The school bus was [hijacked] by the father of a young boy in the school, and driven to the border. 03. Police …

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  • 12hijack — [[t]ha͟ɪʤæk[/t]] hijacks, hijacking, hijacked 1) VERB If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another. [V n] Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from …

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  • 13Hijack — Das Wort Hijack bezeichnet: Hijack (Band), eine britische Hip Hop Band Hijacking, ein bestimmter Angriff auf eine Domäne oder ein Benutzerkonto, mit dem Ziel dieses zu übernehmen. Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheid …

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  • 14hijack — I UK [ˈhaɪdʒæk] / US [ˈhaɪˌdʒæk] verb [transitive] Word forms hijack : present tense I/you/we/they hijack he/she/it hijacks present participle hijacking past tense hijacked past participle hijacked 1) to illegally take control of a vehicle,… …

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  • 15hijack — also highjack transitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1923 1. a. to steal by stopping a vehicle on the highway b. to commandeer (a flying airplane) especially by coercing the pilot at gunpoint c. to stop and steal from (a vehicle in… …

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  • 16Hijack — Au poker, le hijack est la position autour de la table qui se situe juste avant le cut off, c est à dire deux places avant le bouton (ie la position du dealer). Portail des jeux Catégorie : Terminologie du poker …

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  • 17hijack — /huy jak /, v.t. 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)… …

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  • 18hijack — verb Hijack is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aircraft, ↑jet, ↑plane …

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  • 19hijack — hi|jack1 [ˈhaıdʒæk] v [T] 1.) to use violence or threats to take control of a plane, vehicle, or ship →↑carjack ▪ The airliner was hijacked by a group of terrorists. 2.) to take control of something and use it for your own purposes ▪ Some people… …

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  • 20hijack — verb two flight attendants thwarted Girard s attempt to hijack the plane Syn: commandeer, seize, take over, take control; skyjack, carjack; appropriate, expropriate, confiscate, co opt …

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