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HIGHJACKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does highjacking mean?
• HIGHJACKING (noun)
The noun HIGHJACKING has 1 sense:
1. robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
Familiarity information: HIGHJACKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
highjacking; hijacking
Hypernyms ("highjacking" is a kind of...):
robbery (larceny by threat of violence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "highjacking"):
buccaneering; piracy (hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it)
Derivation:
highjack (take arbitrarily or by force)
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