disapproval If you say that someone has hijacked something, you disapprove of the way in which they have taken control of it when they had no right to do so. A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble. when a plane, vehicle etc is hijacked
If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another. Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk The hijacked plane exploded in a ball of fire. Hijack is also a noun. Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week. + hijacking hijackings hi·jack·ing Car hijackings are running at a rate of nearly 50 a day
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