hijack

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/ UK /ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/ See IPA manual

Homophones

highjack /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/

Freq #19032

Meanings

1

verb
To take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, by force in order to rob it or change where it goes.

Armed men tried to hijack the plane during the flight.
2

verb
To take control of something for your own purposes instead of its intended one.

A few members tried to hijack the meeting to push their own ideas.
3

noun
An act of taking control of a vehicle by force.

The hijack ended peacefully after several hours.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 verb · to take control of... commandeer

3 noun · an act of taking control of... highjack

Word family

Forms hijackedhijackinghijacks

Derived forms antihijackbluejackbodyjackcarjackclickjackcryptojackculture-jackgamejackhijackablehijackeehijackerhijackware

Etymology

Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

Topics

Actions & Processes

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# hijack

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈhaɪˌdʒæk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/
**Frequency rank:** 19032

## Meanings
1. To take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, by force in order to rob it or change where it goes.
2. To take control of something for your own purposes instead of its intended one.
3. An act of taking control of a vehicle by force.

## Examples
- Armed men tried to hijack the plane during the flight.
- A few members tried to hijack the meeting to push their own ideas.
- The hijack ended peacefully after several hours.

## Derived Forms
- antihijack
- bluejack
- bodyjack
- carjack
- clickjack
- cryptojack
- culture-jack
- gamejack
- hijackable
- hijackee
- hijacker
- hijackware

## Etymology
Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

## AI Etymology
Hijack: Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “To take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, by force in order to rob it or change where it goes” and “To take control of something for your own purposes instead of its intended one”.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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