Meaning

5 senses
  1. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.

    Entführung, Überfall

    уго́нugón, нападе́ниеnapadénije, захва́тzaxvát

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

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

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

  4. (slang)Preflop, the position two before the dealer.

  5. (obsolete)A highwayman, robber.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. One of our planes has been hijacked.

  2. The plane Tom is on has been hijacked.

  3. Edmundo managed to hijack a spaceship.

  4. Investigators foiled a plot to hijack an airplane.

  5. To prevent hijacks, all carry-on baggage is carefully inspected.

    ruЧтобы избежать угрозы захвата, весь ручной багаж тщательно проверяется. — Biga

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
instance of hijacking of a vehicle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
instance of hijacking of a vehicle:

Origin

Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

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Forms

plural: hijacks

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination:highjack

See also

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