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
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
The compartments open and close upon takeoff and landing to deploy and retract wheels and other landing components, and other stowaways have fallen to their deaths from the openings, sometimes landing in public spaces along flight paths.
—Ali Watkins, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Budding Joy Store Large Storage Bags Storage bags are the easiest solution to neatly organize off-season clothing, additional bedding, and anything else that can be stowed away in your closet.
—Melony Forcier, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
But while the fatality rate for most wheel well stowaways is high, some people have survived the ordeal.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
The compartments open and close upon takeoff and landing to deploy and retract wheels and other landing components, and other stowaways have fallen to their deaths from the openings, sometimes landing in public spaces along flight paths.
—Ali Watkins, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
Again, night hours when airplanes are parked at gates or in hangars may provide a person the opportunity to stow away in a wheel well in the hopes of remaining undetected by maintenance crews and airline staff until the flight departs the next morning.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Budding Joy Store Large Storage Bags Storage bags are the easiest solution to neatly organize off-season clothing, additional bedding, and anything else that can be stowed away in your closet.
—Melony Forcier, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowaway
Verb
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Houseplant pests typically hitchhike a ride into your home.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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The complaint alleges that staff regularly sent students unattended to hitchhike for errands.—
Glynis Kazanjian,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
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Navratilova on Thursday posed a question to Democrats as some states have continued to thumb their nose at President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep males out of girls’ and women’s sports.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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While nearly every country has announced retaliatory tariffs, nations, businesses and their citizens are increasingly willing to thumb their noses in ways that go beyond extra costs slapped on at ports, touching all levels of commerce.—
Jackie Snow,
Quartz,
7 Apr. 2025
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Miami, after a 37-45 NBA regular season wrought with chaos and controversy, hijacked by the Jimmy Butler drama and trade, has fed its fans late cause to hope, at least, if not quite believe yet.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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An American citizen was shot and killed by a passenger on Thursday during his attempt to hijack a plane in Belize.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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They got hitched in 2017 but Cardi filed for divorce in 2024 for the second time.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
2 Apr. 2025
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Resume details aside, while one hates to hitch an actress’s castability to something as random and mutable as her appearance, Pidgeon also has exactly the pensive, porcelain-skinned, vaguely patrician beauty necessary to make a credible CBK.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
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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 24 Apr. 2025.
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