Thesaurus results for HIJACK

hijack

verb

ˈhī-ˌjak

variants also highjack

Definition of hijack

as in to commandeer

to take control of (a vehicle) by force some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun

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Recent Examples of hijack Ratting refers to installing a Remote Access Trojan on the target’s device, creating a way for a hacker to remotely hijack their computer. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 In April and May, hundreds of users of the social media platform Bluesky discovered that their accounts had been hijacked and used to spread content about Ukraine. — RenÉe Diresta, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 Wilson finished with 22 points and nine rebounds on paper, but her late-game meltdown completely hijacked what was otherwise a thrilling 99-89 Indiana victory. — Alejandro Avila , Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 This will help prevent attempts to spoof or hijack the signal. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hijack

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This leads to River commandeering a woman’s car and inadvertently gaining a partner in her dog Monty, who doesn’t figure into the action but is most assuredly a Very Good Boy.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
In the most infamous example, a swarm of 1,000 Open AI agents escaped their sandbox, commandeered online message boards to communicate with each other, and breached the systems of the open source AI community Hugging Face.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of commandeer

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The continent’s political leaders must seize the moment to act, and not let this moment of Europtimism slide.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The latest conflict between the Saudis and the Houthis began last month after the rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical waterway for oil shipments.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

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