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highjack
high·jack H0195800 (hī′jăk′) Informal v. & n. Variant of hijack.highjack (ˈhaɪˌdʒæk) vb, n a less common spelling of hijack ˈhighˌjacker n ˈhighˌjacking nhi•jack (ˈhaɪˌdʒæk) v.t. 1. to seize (an airplane or other vehicle) by threat or by force, esp. for ransom or political objectives. 2. to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey. 3. to rob (a vehicle) after forcing it to stop: They hijacked the truck outside the city. n. 4. an act or instance of hijacking. [1920–25, Amer.; of uncertain orig.] highjack Past participle: highjacked Gerund: highjacking
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highjack | highjack |
Present |
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I highjack | you highjack | he/she/it highjacks | we highjack | you highjack | they highjack |
Preterite |
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I highjacked | you highjacked | he/she/it highjacked | we highjacked | you highjacked | they highjacked |
Present Continuous |
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I am highjacking | you are highjacking | he/she/it is highjacking | we are highjacking | you are highjacking | they are highjacking |
Present Perfect |
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I have highjacked | you have highjacked | he/she/it has highjacked | we have highjacked | you have highjacked | they have highjacked |
Past Continuous |
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I was highjacking | you were highjacking | he/she/it was highjacking | we were highjacking | you were highjacking | they were highjacking |
Past Perfect |
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I had highjacked | you had highjacked | he/she/it had highjacked | we had highjacked | you had highjacked | they had highjacked |
Future |
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I will highjack | you will highjack | he/she/it will highjack | we will highjack | you will highjack | they will highjack |
Future Perfect |
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I will have highjacked | you will have highjacked | he/she/it will have highjacked | we will have highjacked | you will have highjacked | they will have highjacked |
Future Continuous |
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I will be highjacking | you will be highjacking | he/she/it will be highjacking | we will be highjacking | you will be highjacking | they will be highjacking |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been highjacking | you have been highjacking | he/she/it has been highjacking | we have been highjacking | you have been highjacking | they have been highjacking |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been highjacking | you will have been highjacking | he/she/it will have been highjacking | we will have been highjacking | you will have been highjacking | they will have been highjacking |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been highjacking | you had been highjacking | he/she/it had been highjacking | we had been highjacking | you had been highjacking | they had been highjacking |
Conditional |
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I would highjack | you would highjack | he/she/it would highjack | we would highjack | you would highjack | they would highjack |
Past Conditional |
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I would have highjacked | you would have highjacked | he/she/it would have highjacked | we would have highjacked | you would have highjacked | they would have highjacked | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | highjack - seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destinationhijackcarjacking - the violent theft of an occupied carcrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" | Verb | 1. | highjack - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"commandeer, hijack, piratecrime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"seize - take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages"skyjack - subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan"carjack - take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it; "My car was carjacked last night!" |
hijack also highjack verbInformal. To compel by pressure or threats:blackjack, coerce, dragoon, force.Informal: strong-arm.TranslationsFinancialSeeHighjackinghighjack
Synonyms for highjacknoun seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destinationSynonymsRelated Words- carjacking
- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- law-breaking
- offense
- offence
verb take arbitrarily or by forceSynonymsRelated Words- crime
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- law-breaking
- offense
- offence
- seize
- skyjack
- carjack
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