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hijacking::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | highjacking |
| Type of | robbery |
| Has types | buccaneering, piracy |
| Derivation | hijack |
Examples of hijacking
hijacking
Nine heavily armed men stormed on board the Zhenhua 4 in an attempted hijacking.
From the abcnews.go.com
That may explain why news of the Thursday hijacking did not emerge until Sunday.
From the signonsandiego.com
Corporations find to their cost that promoted terms are vulnerable to hijacking.
From the independent.co.uk
The combination of domain hijacking with a phishing website constitutes farming.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Further there is arrogance in its implementation by hijacking wikipedia commons.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In 1993, Wilson was sentenced to seven years for aggravated vehicular hijacking.
From the suntimes.com
I'm hijacking the comments and then I'm done, as I should have kept my yap shut.
From the edeneatseverything.com
The local FBI hijacking squad is having a tough time cracking the coffee capers.
From the time.com
The hijacking seems to target searches for certain well-known brand names only.
From the newscientist.com
- Commandeer: take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
- Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
- Seize control of; "they hijacked the judicial process"
- (hijacking) highjacking: robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
- Hijack is a made-for-television dramatic movie that first aired on ABC in 1973. It was filmed in the Antelope Valley of California.TV Guide, July 6-12, 1974, p A-57
- Hijack were a hip hop group from Brixton in London, featuring Kamanchi Sly, DJ Supreme, DJ Undercover, Ulysses, Agent Fritz and Agent Clueso. Their first single, "Style Wars" (Music of Life, 1988) caught the attention of the British hip hop community. ...
- Hijack is a 2008 bollywood film about terrorism. It stars Shiney Ahuja and Esha Deol. This film is based on the real life hijacking of IC 814.
- The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. ...
- An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process; An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions; To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a ...
