highjacked
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highjacked verb
- To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
- To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
- To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
- To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).
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