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HIJACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hijacking mean? 

HIJACKING (noun)
  The noun HIJACKING has 1 sense:

1. robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of forceplay

  Familiarity information: HIJACKING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIJACKING (noun)


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 ("hijacking" is a kind of...):

robbery (larceny by threat of violence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hijacking"):

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:

hijack (take arbitrarily or by force)


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