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
Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Another stowaway boarded a Delta airplane Thanksgiving week.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
There have been multiple recent reports of people being discovered stowed away in airplane wheel wells, and others who somehow bypassed boarding pass scans and made it into the passenger cabin without valid tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Otherwise, use a garment steamer to kill off any stowaway bugs.
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Another stowaway boarded a Delta airplane Thanksgiving week.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
And all this fits into a slim 0.65-inch (16.6-mm) build that should be easy to stow away anywhere – unlike other options such as the $120 Fenix PD36R Pro.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025
There have been multiple recent reports of people being discovered stowed away in airplane wheel wells, and others who somehow bypassed boarding pass scans and made it into the passenger cabin without valid tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowaway
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Prosecutors said Grissom, an Arkansas long-haul truck driver who had a lengthy criminal record, picked up Johns, who was hitchhiking, on his way to Oklahoma City to apply for a job.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Insects often hitchhike on products, people, and plant material, usually without our being aware of it, says Kathryn Bronsky, national policy manager with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Mar. 2025
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And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
15 Feb. 2025
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The situation unfolded when her father and younger sister attempted to hijack her special father-daughter dance.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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In his book, Guinn writes that Brunner and several other Family members held up a Western Surplus Store at gunpoint in 1971, stealing roughly 140 guns to aid them in a plan to hijack a plane and demand that Manson be freed from prison.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Because of this responsibility, a CIO might hitch their cart to one vendor to ease their AI strategy and governance.—
Lori Schafer,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Buh buh!), Mario Cipollina’s driving bass, and Chris Hayes’ electric guitar start blaring as Marty rushes off to school on his skateboard, hitching rides on the back of a Ford pickup truck and then again on a Jeep Wrangler; one of the coolest things this ’80s kids had ever seen.—
SPIN Editors,
SPIN,
21 Jan. 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 25 Mar. 2025.
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