1. hijack - Noun
2. hijack - Verb
seize control of
take arbitrarily or by force
seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination
Source: WordNetThe Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami Source: Internet
they hijacked the judicial process Source: Internet
According to the commission, the cancellation was due to the kidnapping of the SPO and hijack of election materials in the rerun elections. Source: Internet
An egregious example of this came in 2017, when a hacker used a malicious link on Twitter to hijack thousands of phones, forcing them to call 911 repeatedly, flooding call centers with false alarms. Source: Internet
As the three of us wrote back in 2000, the effort of several justices to hijack state law in Bush v. Gore was a disgrace. Source: Internet
A new form of harassment known as “Zoombombing”, in which someone can hijack video calls and post hate speech, offensive images, and pornography. Source: Internet