hijack
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crime, Transporthijackhi‧jack1 /ˈhaɪdʒæk/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 1 SCCTTto use violence or threats to take control of a plane, vehicle, or ship → carjack The airliner was hijacked by a group of terrorists.2 CONTROLto take control of something and use it for your own purposes Some people think the party has been hijacked by right-wing extremists. —hijacker noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushijack• We're not going to let a handful of radical students hijack our school.Related topics: Crime, Transporthijackhijack2 noun [countable] British EnglishSCCTT when a plane, vehicle etc is hijacked