hijack

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• UK: /ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 JH AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِخْتِطَاف (ʔiḵtiṭāf) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Armenian: հափշտակում (hapʻštakum) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Bulgarian: отвличане (otvličane) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 劫持 (jiéchí) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 劫機 /劫机 (jiéjī) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Czech: únos — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Danish: kapring — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Finnish: kaappaus — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• French: détournement — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• German: Entführung — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• German: Überfall — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Greek: πειρατεία (peirateía) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Greek: -πειρατεία (-peirateía) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Greek: αεροπειρατεία (aeropeirateía) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Irish: fuadach — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Japanese: 乗っ取り (nottori) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Japanese: ハイジャック (haijakku) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Macedonian: грабну́вање (grabnúvanje) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Norman: haïjaqu'thie — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Norwegian: kapring — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Russian: уго́н (ugón) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Russian: нападе́ние (napadénije) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Russian: захва́т (zaxvát) — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Swedish: kapning — instance of hijacking of a vehicle
• Arabic: خَطَفَ (ḵaṭafa) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Azerbaijani: qaçırmaq — to seize control of a vehicle
• Bulgarian: отвличам (otvličam) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Catalan: segrestar — to seize control of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 劫持 (jiéchí) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 攔路搶劫 /拦路抢劫 (lánlùqiǎngjié) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Chinese Mandarin: 劫機 /劫机 (jiéjī) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Czech: unést — to seize control of a vehicle
• Danish: kapre — to seize control of a vehicle
• Dutch: kapen — to seize control of a vehicle
• Esperanto: kaperi — to seize control of a vehicle
• Estonian: kaaperdama — to seize control of a vehicle
• Finnish: kaapata — to seize control of a vehicle
• French: détourner — to seize control of a vehicle
• Galician: secuestrar — to seize control of a vehicle
• German: entführen — to seize control of a vehicle
• German: hijacken — to seize control of a vehicle
• German: überfallen — to seize control of a vehicle
• German: kapern — to seize control of a vehicle
• German: die Kontrolle an sich reißen über — to seize control of a vehicle
• Greek: καταλαμβάνω (katalamváno) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Greek: απάγω (apágo) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Irish: fuadaigh — to seize control of a vehicle
• Italian: dirottare — to seize control of a vehicle
• Japanese: 乗っ取る (nottoru) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Macedonian: при́граби (prígrabi) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Macedonian: гра́бне (grábne) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Macedonian: о́тима (ótima) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Malay: rampas — to seize control of a vehicle
• Māori: kāhaki — to seize control of a vehicle
• Māori: kāwhaki — to seize control of a vehicle
• Norman: haïjatchi — to seize control of a vehicle
• Polish: porywać — to seize control of a vehicle
• Polish: porwać — to seize control of a vehicle
• Portuguese: sequestrar — to seize control of a vehicle
• Russian: угоня́ть (ugonjátʹ) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Russian: угна́ть (ugnátʹ) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Russian: напада́ть (napadátʹ) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Russian: напа́сть (napástʹ) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Russian: захва́тывать (zaxvátyvatʹ) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Russian: захвати́ть (zaxvatítʹ) — to seize control of a vehicle
• Spanish: secuestrar — to seize control of a vehicle
• Spanish: atracar — to seize control of a vehicle
• Spanish: arrebatar — to seize control of a vehicle
• Spanish: rebatar — to seize control of a vehicle
• Swedish: kapa — to seize control of a vehicle
• Vietnamese: cướp máy bay — to seize control of a vehicle
• Vietnamese: không tặc — to seize control of a vehicle
• German: die Kontrolle an sich reißen über — to seize control of a process
• German: kapern — to seize control of a process
• Māori: kā(w)haki — to seize control of a process
• Polish: zakłócać — to seize control of a process
• Polish: zakłócić — to seize control of a process