Word Finder - hijacked

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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).

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To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.

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To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.

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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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To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

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

One was the arrival in Baghdad of a hijacked Saudi airliner in October.

Two other " targets of interest " involved hijacked Cuban airliners.

Moreover, how can we ensure that this kind of opportunity isn't just hijacked by local government to further their own agenda?

Why did the North American Aerospace Defense Command seem unaware of literally dozens of warnings that hijacked jetliners could be used as weapons?

The explanations are a bit murky, but it seems that the problems are less technological than they are the fact that the project has been hijacked by a mysterious higher power, which is using Sam's leaps to fix what once went wrong.

Perhaps I'm just being selfish - I love debate and I hate seeing interesting threads hijacked by personal politics.

Blair and Sainsbury had effectively hijacked the whole planning process and would issue a ' decree ' at a date of their choosing.

Irving then hijacked the story with the " revelation " of the Eichmann diaries.

Charlotte Jones's new play follows a Halloween party which is hijacked by interference from the past.

The film tells the story of the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil.

Up to 30 per cent of spam is now spewing from hijacked " zombie " PCs.

But there may still be liability if your own site has been hijacked by a cyber squatter.

Is it even really the same band that hijacked Britpop with a cocky Mancunian swagger ten years ago?

Defense Minister Alain Richard said that France was prepared to use warplanes to shoot down hijacked planes.

David and Alice, the final two contestants, returned to New York City after a few weeks of rest, to discover that HGTV had hijacked a corner of Bryant Park just for them.

Those same fans were also ticked that All My Children had "hijacked" a character from another show.

A fourth hijacked aircraft crashed in Pennsylvania, killing all on board.