highjack
Britishverb
Other Word Forms
- highjacker noun
Example Sentences
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Postal Service mailbox in “plain view” of Amazon’s security cameras “essentially highjacked the process.”
From Seattle Times
Postal Service mailbox in front of the warehouse just after voting started, writing that Amazon “essentially highjacked the process and gave a strong impression that it controlled the process.”
From Washington Post
Protests in Mexico often take strange forms; students at rural teachers’ colleges routinely highjack passenger buses in southern Mexico, kick the passengers off and keep the buses and their drivers at their service for months.
From Washington Times
Moulton referred to Black Lives Matter as a “terrorist organization” that “highjacked the term ‘racism.’”
From Washington Times
He knows what it’s like to be part of a league that not only blackballed Colin Kaepernick but also highjacked the former 49ers quarterback’s message of social justice without acknowledging his involvement.
From Los Angeles Times
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