transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To seize control of (a vehicle such as an airplane or bus) by use of force, especially as a way of reaching an alternate destination or as an act of terrorism.

transitive verb. To kidnap (a person in a vehicle).

transitive verb. To stop and rob (a vehicle in transit).

transitive verb. To steal (goods) from a vehicle in transit.

transitive verb. undefined

transitive verb. To take control of (something) without permission or authorization and use it for one's own purposes.

transitive verb. To steal or appropriate for oneself.

noun. The act or an instance of hijacking.

verb. To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

verb. To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.

verb. To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.

verb. To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).

verb. To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

noun. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle.

noun. An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.

noun. An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.

verb. seize control of

verb. take arbitrarily or by force

noun. seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

"As e-mail tipster Lee Boggs wrote NewsBusters, "Although the word 'hijack' doesn't appear in the story, the headline writers must have felt it necessary to give it a negative slant on their homepage link, so they used the word hijack, which is normally reserved for terrorists and thugs who steal planes and cars.""

arrogate  assume  seize  takeover  usurp  

Bel Air  abduction  asportation  assassination  blackmail  

blackjack  bludgeon  bulldoze  bully  coerce  

hijacked  hijacking  hijacks