hijack
verb (used with object)
to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop.
hijacks
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pluralof hijack.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof hijack (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
hijackverb (used with object)to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop.
Example Sentences
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Previous waves of reservation hijacks have seen hotels hacked in order to get access to the hotel's Booking.com account and send out phishing emails and text messages.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
As with social media, it appears we have created in AI a compelling technology that hijacks instincts that are essential to our survival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
A study published January in the journal mBio found that the Zika virus hijacks a host protein called ANKLE2, which is a key protein in brain development.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
In a subsequent step, dAdo enters the plant cell through the membrane transporter ENT3, where it hijacks the host's immune system to induce cell death.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
They subvert their hosts' cellular programming to make copies of themselves, just as a computer virus hijacks an infected computer and causes it to send out more copies of the virus.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
