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- Dictionaryhijack/ˈhʌɪdʒak/
verb
- 1. unlawfully seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes: "a man armed with grenades hijacked the jet yesterday"
noun
- 1. an incident or act of hijacking: "an unsuccessful hijack attempt"
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hijack. noun [ C or U ] uk / ˈhaɪ.dʒæk / us / ˈhaɪ.dʒæk / (also hijacking) an occasion when someone uses force to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle: The hijack ended with the release of all the plane's passengers unharmed. He’s a leading suspect in the hijacking of the jetliner.
Learn the meaning of hijack as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Hijack can mean to steal, commandeer, redirect, or subject something to extortion or swindling.
Hijack means to illegally take control of a vehicle or aircraft by force, or to rob someone or something by force. Learn the origin, pronunciation, and usage of hijack in British and American English, with synonyms and examples.
Hijack definition: to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop. See examples of HIJACK used in a sentence.
hijack something to use violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to force it to travel to a different place or to demand something from a government. The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome.
To hijack a vehicle is to take it over illegally. Such a crime is called a hijack or a hijacking. Hijack can be used more generally to mean “take over.” If your friend has a bad habit of interrupting other people to talk about himself, you can say that he tends to hijack the conversation.
Hijack means to seize or take control of something by force, especially a vehicle or a network. It can also mean to rob or kidnap someone in a vehicle. See different sources, synonyms, and translations of hijack.
