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bodyjack

verb
/ˈbɒ.di.dʒæk/UK/ˈbɑ.di.d͡ʒæk/US

Etymology

Blend of body + hijack.

  1. derived from jaque
  2. derived from jacke
  3. inherited from jakke
  4. suffixed as jacker — “jack + er”
  5. compounded as hijack — “highway + jacker”
  6. compounded as bodyjack — “body + hijack”

Definitions

  1. To forcibly seize control of someone's body, sometimes by replacing or exchanging minds.

    • This sounds like a spinoff of "The Boys From Brazil"—until about page 70, when D.T. reveals that he's actually a devil who'd bodyjacked an SS officer.
    • I'm not a big fan, however, of the daleks stealing the Cyberman's bodyjacking schtick, and I thought the hybrid looked embarrassingly silly.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA