单词 | skyjacking |
释义 | skyjackingn. The action of hijacking an aircraft (esp. a passenger plane).Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > hijacking hijacking1923 histing1935 skyjacking1961 seajacking1985 1961 N.Y. Mirror 5 Aug. (Final ed.) 3/1 (heading) Rush stiff skyjacking law. 1961 Financial Times 8 Aug. The Bill. speeded by the Boeing 707 incident at El Paso, describes skyjacking as the legal equivalent of high-seas piracy. 1993 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 28 Feb. 1 e It was in Frankfurt that the trans-Atlantic skyjacking originated. 2015 Hobart (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 19 Nov. 17 Skyjacking for terrorist purposes virtually ceased overnight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1961 |
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