as in hijacker
someone who hides on a ship, airplane, etc., in order to travel without paying or being seen
A stowaway was discovered on the ship.
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Recent Examples of stowaway
Hank Sanders, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Law enforcement from the Port of Seattle later apprehended the stowaway, using video surveillance to locate the subject in a terminal restroom after deplaning.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Dali — a Russian national woman who was arrested by the FBI after stowing away on that Delta international flight — was arrested again on Dec. 15, ABC News reported, this time for allegedly cutting off her ankle bracelet and trying to sneak into Canada on a Greyhound bus.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The authorities did not release the identity of the stowaway.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Law enforcement from the Port of Seattle later apprehended the stowaway, using video surveillance to locate the subject in a terminal restroom after deplaning.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
The cause was soon discovered: a young American named Arthur Schreiber had stowed away on board.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Dali — a Russian national woman who was arrested by the FBI after stowing away on that Delta international flight — was arrested again on Dec. 15, ABC News reported, this time for allegedly cutting off her ankle bracelet and trying to sneak into Canada on a Greyhound bus.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowaway
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But that’s very much the reason, coming from that talk with Bob, that the movie opens with him at the station, hitchhiking into New York, and ends with him on the back of a motorcycle, riding away.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Dec. 2024
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Once in the woods, Napoletano asked to be let out of the car to go to the bathroom, and hitchhiked back to Placerville.—
Jessica Garrison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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For any of us thumbing anxiously through our social media feeds right now, similar words have become as familiar as sunrise, and so have the actions backing them.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Boston Rob explains taking that huge Deal or No Deal Island gamble Even after 25 years, there are still people in Hollywood who thumb their nose at the reality competition genre.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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What comes across with painful truthfulness is the way history can hijack hopes.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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This app hijacks your PC’s resources, like the CPU and GPU, which slows down its performance significantly.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
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There have been rumors of Holland and Zendaya getting hitched for a while, culminating in some of the most upsetting AI art your aunt could ever share on Facebook.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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There's criticism the show doesn't fully leverage its winning concept, sometimes opting to focus on filler 'what if' questions few considered (has anyone really been wondering what would happen if Howard the Duck got hitched?).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
16 Dec. 2024
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Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowaway. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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