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Meanings of hijacking in English
Robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force.
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Examples for "hijack"
Examples for "hijack"
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Council now wants to hijack the housing project from us, he said.
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Privacy advocate Jeffrey Chester cautioned against letting industry hijack the do-not-track system.
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Useful that, and precisely the route he now followed to hijack them.
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They worry that scientific illiteracy and fearmongering will hijack any meaningful dialogue.
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If you hijack a ship you would be hunted down and arrested.
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The study demonstrates the feasibility of large-scale in silico screening of anthropogenic compounds that may disrupt or highjack functionally important protein:ligand interactions.
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So yuh see, Casey, a man can make an honest livin' at this game, even if he's highjacked every trip.
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"You could go out and highjack some one."
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It is also the greatest of Western religious feasts, a celebration of hope and rebirth, albeit one highjacked by clinical preparation and universal commercialism.
Usage of hijacking in English
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Ten of them have so far been successful at hijacking, Mohammed said.
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Navratilova's hijacking of a microphone was obviously a very dangerous transgression indeed.
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Maybe the hijacking of the NATO tank yesterday gave them the idea.
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Unusual elements to hijacking The crime itself is bizarre in its nature.
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Foreign and Georgian civilians have accused them of hijacking cars and looting.
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The hijacking was outside the family's home which is behind Marklands Secondary.
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The pilot then alerted Indonesian air traffic controllers of a possible hijacking.
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The approach roads to and from Kruger Park are well-known hijacking spots.
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Even Grant Denyer let rip about Tom hijacking his campaign last year.
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The Faina's Russian captain died in the first days of the hijacking.
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In return, he avoided a life sentence on hijacking and corruption charges.
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Being the victim of a hijacking incident is surely one of them.
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The hijacking of the Faina was a challenge to the whole country.
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Watch: Cape Town woman escapes hijacking attempt with her bad-ass driving skills
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There's also a jaw-dropping hijacking incident to complete the caberet of crime.
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If you are in a hijacking, survival takes precedence over anything else.
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Translations for hijacking
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Hijacking through the time
Hijacking across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Rare
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