highjack

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noun

seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

• Syn: ↑hijack

• Derivationally related forms: ↑hijack (for: ↑hijack)

• Hypernyms: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑law-breaking

• Hyponyms: ↑carjacking

II

verb

take arbitrarily or by force

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The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami

• Syn: ↑commandeer, ↑hijack, ↑pirate

• Derivationally related forms:

↑pirate (for: ↑pirate), ↑piracy (for: ↑pirate), ↑highjacker, ↑highjacking, ↑hijack (for: ↑hijack), ↑hijacker (for: ↑hijack), ↑hijacking (for: ↑hijack)

• Topics: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑law-breaking

• Hypernyms: ↑seize

• Hyponyms: ↑skyjack, ↑carjack

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody