Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Rare same as
hijack . - noun Same as
highjacking .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
hijack . - verb Alternative spelling of
hijack .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take arbitrarily or by force
- noun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
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Examples
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He is now threatening to "highjack" President Obama\'s honeymoon with the print and electronic media.
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Still, Odierno says he hopes the committee's work doesn't "highjack" the election and that Iraq can remain focused on other critical issues, like jobs and security.
SFGate: Top News Stories By ANNE FLAHERTY 2010
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As you can see on the PM part of the code I tried to "highjack" the $temp_url variable, and put CancunWithMe. com just as an example.
phpBB.com 2010
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As you can see on the PM part of the code I tried to "highjack" the $temp_url variable, and put CancunWithMe. com just as an example.
phpBB.com 2010
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Dr.gs and addictive behaviors "highjack" the brain's reward system, says Dr. Petros Levounis, director of the Addiction Institute of New York at St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospitals in Manhattan. dopamine plays a major role in motivation and reward, surging before and during a pleasurable activity -- say, eating or sex -- to make patients want to repeat a behavior that's crucial to the survival of the species.
ABC News: ABCNews 2010
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The Left has tried to highjack race for their political agenda and rather than help, it works to impede the country from moving forward more effectively.
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From talking about security to poetry ... talk about a highjack of a thread.
Talk is Cheap 2009
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From talking about security to poetry ... talk about a highjack of a thread.
Talk is Cheap 2009
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OUR OUTRAGE over the attempt by the Family Research Council and its radical Christian Right colleagues to highjack the judicial selection process for their politiclal/theocratic agenda
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In the end, we may see a report come out that claims John Kerry tried to highjack a fifth plane.
9/11 2009
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