highjack

verb

high·​jack ˈhī-ˌjak How to pronounce highjack (audio)
highjacked; highjacking; highjacks
: hijack
"… People didn't know what he was going to do—some even thought he was planning to highjack the plane."— Tad Szulc

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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 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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First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of highjack was in 1936

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“Highjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highjack. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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