highjack

/ ˈhaɪˌdʒæk /

verb

1. a less common spelling of hijack

Derived Forms

• ˈhighˌjacker, noun

Example Sentences

Postal Service mailbox in “plain view” of Amazon’s security cameras “essentially highjacked the process.”

From Seattle Times

Postal Service mailbox in front of the warehouse just after voting started, writing that Amazon “essentially highjacked the process and gave a strong impression that it controlled the process.”

From Washington Post

“Unfortunately, I have the impression that we are simply letting anti-vaccination lobbies and movements highjack the public debate and spread misinformation that discourages people from getting immunized,” Bakir Nakas, a retired infectious disease specialist, said.

From Seattle Times

Terrorists highjacked that flight 40 minutes after it took off.

From Seattle Times

Flight 93 was the fourth and final plane to be highjacked on Sept. 11 by four al-Qaida terrorists on a suicide mission aimed at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• annex
• preempt
• supplant
• wrest