hijack
verbEtymology
Definitions
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination…
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its…
To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
- hijack the radio show
To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new…
To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
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An instance of hijacking
An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
A highwayman, robber.
- One lone "high-jack" held up 11 harvest hands in a freight car [...] last night, making a clean getaway with slightly over $180.
The neighborhood
Derived
antihijack, bluejack, bodyjack, carjack, clickjack, cryptojack, culture-jack, gamejack, hijackable, hijackee, hijacker, hijackware, lojack, rehijack, seajack, skyjack, threadjack, unhijacked
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hijack. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA