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Actually, he has been assigned as an undercover agent to crack a Southern spy ring that is hijacking horses.

From Time Magazine Archive

When no "pirate vessel" is involved - for instance, when criminals embark on a ship and capture it - the legal term is hijacking.

From Crime and Corruption by Vaknin, Samuel