carjack

verb

Definition of carjacknext
as in to hijack

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  1. hijack
  2. highjack
  3. commandeer
Verb
  • Heading into this election, many feared the campaigns would get hijacked by deepfakes—images and audio made to look and sound almost exactly like public figures that are used to spread disinformation.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • With the help of mystical disciples, Joan hijacks a charity event and takes three hostages: a crumbling movie star, played by Evans; wealthy elite Bracken, played by Vincent Cassel (Black Swan); and a woman named Katie, played by Ambika Mod (One Day).
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of hijack
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  • Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2018
  • In short order, four U.S.-flagged aircraft were highjacked.
    Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of highjack
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  • His ability to commandeer models into his personal life, spells of inebriation, and his openly gay lifestyle were well known throughout the industry.
    Mayu Saini, WWD, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The plot centers on thousands of impoverished Indian farmers who commandeer a fleet and sail, dirty, uncivilized and desperate, to France, where a small resistance is all that stands in the way from their overrunning the country.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of commandeer
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