hijack
verb (used with object)
to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop.
was hijacking
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past progressiveof hijack.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Like she was hijacking the event for her own purposes, with news she knew would overshadow much of what was happening.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Worse still, Superfish’s technology was hijacking the third-party certificate authorities that are used to guarantee the security of encrypted connections between users’ browsers and websites like Bank of America and Google.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2015
How did you miss the fact that Superfish was hijacking the certificates?
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2015
On Monday, Rangers was hijacking what was thought to have been a done deal between Olympique de Marseille and Newcastle United for the striker Loïc Rémy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2013
So I found he was hijacking the story by turning it into his own.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2012
