English Explanatory Dictionary

hijack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
  2. To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
  3. To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
noun
  1. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
  2. An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
  3. An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
  4. Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
  5. A highwayman, robber.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/ en-us-hijack.ogg

Word forms

hijack hijacks hijacking hijacked hi-jack highjack

Etymology

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

Derived words

antihijack bluejack bodyjack carjack clickjack cryptojack culture-jack gamejack hijackable hijackee hijacker hijackware lojack rehijack seajack skyjack threadjack unhijacked

Translations

Arabic: خَطَفَ Azerbaijani: qaçırmaq Bulgarian: отвличам Catalan: segrestar Chinese Mandarin: 劫持 Chinese Mandarin: 攔路搶劫 /拦路抢劫 Chinese Mandarin: 劫機 /劫机 Czech: unést Danish: kapre Dutch: kapen Esperanto: kaperi Estonian: kaaperdama Finnish: kaapata French: détourner Galician: secuestrar German: entführen German: hijacken German: überfallen German: kapern German: die Kontrolle an sich reißen über Greek: καταλαμβάνω Greek: απάγω Italian: dirottare Japanese: 乗っ取る Macedonian: при́граби Macedonian: гра́бне Macedonian: о́тима Malay: rampas Māori: kāhaki Māori: kāwhaki Norman: haïjatchi Polish: porywać Polish: porwać Portuguese: sequestrar Russian: угоня́ть Russian: угна́ть Russian: напада́ть Russian: напа́сть Russian: захва́тывать Russian: захвати́ть Spanish: secuestrar Spanish: atracar Spanish: arrebatar Spanish: rebatar Swedish: kapa Vietnamese: cướp máy bay Vietnamese: không tặc
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