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hijack

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1. hijack - Noun

2. hijack - Verb

Meaning

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

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The 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

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