hijack
verb (used with object)
to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop.
had hijacked
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past perfectof hijack.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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On Sept. 4, researchers at another not-for-profit group, the Nightingale Collective, found that OpenAI agents undergoing testing had hijacked a German website to communicate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The 26-year-old also said his mother had "hijacked" his first dance with Peltz, which had been "planned weeks in advance to a romantic love song".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The students from a rural teachers’ college at Ayotzinapa had hijacked buses — a common method for students from poor schools to obtain transportation — and were in Iguala that day.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
The contractor employed an engineer whose laptop the hackers had hijacked, he added.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2022
Couch, the prosecutor, was personally tied to Slahi's case because he was a close friend of the pilot on the plane that al-Shehhi had hijacked.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2021
