Synonyms for hijacking
hi·jack·ing

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1. highjacking, hijackingnoun

   robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

   Synonyms:
   highjacking

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1. • Robbery

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1. List of paraphrases for "hijacking":

   kidnapping, abduction, diversion, kidnapped, kidnap, misappropriation, hijack, abducted, abducting, piracy, sequestration

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1. Lisa Williams:

   I do believe that it actually crashed and I see a lot of trees . . . i also believe there was a hijacking.

2. Edward Ryan:

   During the hijacking, Peter called our witness ... and described to him what was going on inside the plane, that's about the only direct evidence we have from someone on Flight 175.

3. Officer Kevin Fry:

   This was a felony stop, as we both believed that this car was just taken in a vehicular hijacking.

4. Raeisha Williams:

   It’s like our voices are not heard — they are hijacking a movement yet again and making it their own.

5. Luc Arnal:

   I started being interested in screams when a friend of mine told me that the sound of his newborn's screams was literally hijacking his brain, and I wondered what makes screams so efficient as an alarm signal.