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Meanings of highjack in английском

португальский
raptar
каталонский
piratejar

Take arbitrarily or by force.

        raptar
        португальский
        roubar
        испанский
        secuestro

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

              roubar
              Synonyms
              Examples for "hijack"
              Examples for "hijack"
              1
              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
              Usage of highjack in английском
              1
              The study demonstrates the feasibility of large-scale in silico screening of anthropogenic compounds that may disrupt or highjack functionally important protein:ligand interactions.
              Pubmed
              2
              So yuh see, Casey, a man can make an honest livin' at this game, even if he's highjacked every trip.
              The Trail of the White Mule
              3
              "You could go out and highjack some one."
              The Trail of the White Mule
              4
              It is also the greatest of Western religious feasts, a celebration of hope and rebirth, albeit one highjacked by clinical preparation and universal commercialism.
              The Irish Times
              Translations for highjack
              португальский
              raptarsequestrarroubarraptoroubo
              каталонский
              piratejarrobar
              испанский
              secuestro
              Highjack through the time