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单词 skyjack
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skyjackn.

Brit. /ˈskʌɪdʒak/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌdʒæk/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: skyjack v.
Etymology: < skyjack v., after hijack n. at hijack v. Derivatives. Compare skyjacking n.
An instance of skyjacking.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > hijacking > instance of
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skyjack1961
1961 San Antonio (Texas) Light 10 Aug. 1 (headline) 3 Killed in Cuba skyjack try.
1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 13 Mar. 24/7 In the third skyjack in 16 days, a U.S. National Airlines DC8 with 59 people aboard landed at Havana, Cuba, today.
1978 R. Jansson News Caper iv. 46 This is a skyjack. We have a hostage at either end of the plane.
1990 Guardian 3 Oct. 1/1 (headline) 120 die in China skyjack.
2010 Afr. News (Nexis) 28 Apr. A full account of the first skyjack in Nigeria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

skyjackv.

Brit. /ˈskʌɪdʒak/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌdʒæk/
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: sky n.1, hijack v.
Etymology: Blend of sky n.1 and hijack v. Compare earlier jack v.3 Compare also skyjacker n., skyjacking n.
transitive. To hijack (an aircraft, esp. a passenger plane).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] > hijack
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skyjack1961
1961 N.Y. Mirror 10 Aug. 1 (headLINE) Pan Am Jet skyjacked to Havana.
1971 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. 20/3 Sentence of death on a Lithuanian..for trying to skyjack a Soviet airliner to Sweden, has been commuted.
1990 Russ. Press Digest (Nexis) 12 July 4 A week later, an attempt was made to skyjack the same aircraft.
2011 Belfast Tel. 26 Nov. 26 November 24, 1971: DB Cooper skyjacks a Northwest Airlines plane and parachutes out over Washington with $200,000.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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