hijacked

Speech parts

1. hijacked - Adjective

2. hijacked - Verb

Meaning

hijacked

simple past and past participle of hijack

hijacked (not comparable)

Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force

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Examples

Love is so exquisitely elusive. It cannot be bought, cannot be badgered, cannot be hijacked. It is available only in one rare form: as the natural response of a healthy mind and healthy heart. Eknath Easwaran

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. Arthur C. Clarke

They have hijacked my religion. Cat Stevens

I believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours. Tom Tancredo

Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem. Julian Fellowes

In the 21st century our tastes buds, our brain chemistry, our biochemistry, our hormones and our kitchens have been hijacked by the food industry. Mark Hyman, M.D.

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