hijack
verb (used with object)
to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop.
hijacked
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past participleof hijack.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hijack.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hijackverb (used with object)to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop.
Example Sentences
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Police said the bus was hijacked in the Beltany Road area of Omagh, Co Tyrone, shortly before 13:00 BST on Saturday.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
OpenAI agents also hijacked an obscure German website and several others earlier this year, Von Arx said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A military helicopter flies in front of the Pentagon Sept. 14, 2001, in Arlington, Va., at the impact site where a hijacked airliner crashed into the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A new report claims a swarm of AI agents, developed by OpenAI, hijacked a German website - months before the firm revealed its AI had hacked tech platform Hugging Face.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Regan had not only hijacked my entire test, but she’d broken every single rule with the flippancy of someone who’d been getting away with it her entire life.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
