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hijackware

noun

Etymology

From hijack + -ware.

  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. formed as hijackware — “hijack + -ware”

Definitions

  1. Malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to…

    Malicious software that commandeers other software, especially a web browser, so as to affect its behaviour.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hijackware. 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