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hijack

English

  1. 🔊 seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
  2. 🔊 seize control of
    “they hijacked the judicial process”
  3. 🔊 take arbitrarily or by force
    “The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami”

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