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Meanings of hijack in inglês

português
raptar
catalão
piratejar

Take arbitrarily or by force.

raptar
português
roubar
espanhol
secuestro

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

roubar

Player type in poker.

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Usage of hijack in inglês
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Council now wants to hijack the housing project from us, he said.
The South African
2
Privacy advocate Jeffrey Chester cautioned against letting industry hijack the do-not-track system.
Reuters
3
Useful that, and precisely the route he now followed to hijack them.
The Departure
4
They worry that scientific illiteracy and fearmongering will hijack any meaningful dialogue.
Wired
5
If you hijack a ship you would be hunted down and arrested.
Reuters
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I have not gone to sea to hijack in recent months.
Reuters
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One group is at sea now looking for ships to hijack.
Reuters
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I didn't mean to hijack the conversation to talk about that one issue.
The new yorker
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Attempts to hijack the commemorations must be contested every step of the way.
The Guardian
10
They thought they could hijack it as cover to gain power.
The Irish Times
11
What are cabin crew trained to do in a hijack situation?
The Guardian
12
And we know they try and hijack the spaceplanes which land.
The Reality Dysfunction
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The hijack took place in Butterfield Park at 10 a.m. yesterday.
The Irish Times
14
You don't successfully hijack a government station without being paranoid as all fuk.
The truth of valor
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But even before last week's hijack, EFG-Hermes forecast tougher times ahead.
Reuters
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They try to break our proteins and they try to hijack our proteins.
Radio NZ
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Translations for hijack
espanhol
secuestro
Hijack through the time
Hijack across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare