hijack

Meaning

1. To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
2. To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
3. To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
4. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
5. An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
6. An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
7. Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
8. A highwayman, robber.

Etymology / origin

Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

Related words

Descendant words

• ハイジャック(Japanese) (bor)
• haïjatchi(Norman) (bor)

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