hijacking
- present participle of hijack.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Balint is the author of “Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Hijacking a Black History Month event on Wednesday, he gloated that, along with the Olympics and the World Cup, “I get the 250th year.”
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
Peter Amelio, who leads one of the Vehicular Hijacking Task Force teams, warned of the carjackings last month.
From Fox News • Sep. 3, 2021
This essay is adapted from his forthcoming book, “Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation.”
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2019
Hijacking all of us is the chemical dopamine, which lights up our pleasure response.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2016
