noun
Meaning 1
The act of one who hijacks (in any sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hijacking
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noun
Meaning 2
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of hijack
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 4
robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: highjacking
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: robbery
Narrower terms: piracy, buccaneering
History
Etymology
From hijack + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اِخْتِطَاف (iḵtiṭāf) — act of one who hijacks
- Armenian: հափշտակում (hapʻštakum) — act of one who hijacks
- Bulgarian: отвличане (otvličane) — act of one who hijacks
- Dutch: gijzeling — act of one who hijacks
- Dutch: kaping — act of one who hijacks
- Norman: haïjaqu'thie — act of one who hijacks
- Russian: уго́н (ugón) — act of one who hijacks
- Spanish: atraco — act of one who hijacks
- Spanish: secuestración — act of one who hijacks
- Spanish: secuestro — act of one who hijacks
- Spanish: arrebatón — act of one who hijacks
- Spanish: arrebatamiento — act of one who hijacks
- Turkish: kaçırmak — act of one who hijacks
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