variants
also highjack
as in to commandeer
to take control of (a vehicle) by force
some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Examples Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hijack
These attacks hijack our perceptions and our ability to distinguish fiction from reality.
—
Öykü Isik
ankita Goswami, Harvard Business Review, 29 Oct. 2024
Cancer cells cleverly hijack these brakes and trick the immune system into slowing down.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
And yet the ubiquity of headphones and earbuds has hijacked that fundamental aspect of perception, scrambling our relationship to landscape and architecture.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
Hamas sometimes hijacks shipments or demands payments of protection money, and supplies are often looted.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hijack 
Öykü Isik
ankita Goswami, Harvard Business Review, 29 Oct. 2024
Cancer cells cleverly hijack these brakes and trick the immune system into slowing down.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
And yet the ubiquity of headphones and earbuds has hijacked that fundamental aspect of perception, scrambling our relationship to landscape and architecture.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
Hamas sometimes hijacks shipments or demands payments of protection money, and supplies are often looted.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hijack
Thesaurus Entries Near hijack
Cite this Entry
“Hijack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hijack. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share