| VERB | contact | hijack, commandeer, highjack, pirate | take arbitrarily or by force |
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| possession | hijack | seize control of | |
| NOUN | act | hijack, highjack | seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination |
| Sounds | hhay'jhae.k | |
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| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination. | |
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| Synonym | highjack | |
| Narrower | carjacking | The violent theft of an occupied car |
| Broader | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Spanish | secuestro | |
| Catalan | segrest | |
| Verbs | hijack | take arbitrarily or by force |
| Meaning | Take arbitrarily or by force. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | commandeer, highjack, pirate | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Narrower | carjack | Take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it |
| skyjack | subject an aircraft to air piracy | |
| Broader | seize | Take or capture by force |
| Spanish | expropiar, incautar, piratear, requisar | |
| Catalan | expropiar, incautar, piratejar, robar | |
| Nouns | hijack | seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination |
| hijacker | a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it | |
| hijacker | someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination | |
| hijacking | robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force | |
| Meaning | seize control of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "they hijacked the judicial process" | |
| Broader | assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
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