Need another word that means the same as “hijack”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “hijack” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Hijack” are: commandeer, highjack, pirate, seize, take over, take possession of, skyjack, seizure, seizing, taking, taking over, taking away, appropriation, expropriation, confiscation, requisition, requisitioning, hijacking, arrogation, claiming
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hijack” as a noun can have the following definitions:
appropriation | A deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner. The necessary funds were obtained by the government s appropriation of the company s operating unit. |
arrogation | Seizure by the government. |
claiming | An assertion that something is true or factual. |
confiscation | The action of taking or seizing someone’s property with authority; seizure. A court ordered the confiscation of her property. |
expropriation | Taking out of an owner’s hands (especially taking property by public authority. A popular movement aiming at the expropriation of the landowners and the overthrow of the autocracy. |
highjack | Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination. |
hijacking | An act of unlawfully seizing an aircraft, vehicle, or ship while in transit; a hijack. He was involved in a hijacking in 1981. |
requisition | A formal written demand that something should be performed or put into operation. Requisition of grain at the point of a gun proved a novel experience for the peasantry. |
requisitioning | An official form on which a request in made. |
seizing | Small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together. They prepared a great many seizings to tie the men with. |
seizure | The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property. The patient had a seizure. |
taking | The action or process of taking something. Clothing could be had for the taking. |
taking away | The act of someone who picks up or takes something. |
taking over | The act of someone who picks up or takes something. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hijack” as a verb can have the following definitions:
commandeer | Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes. The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami. |
highjack | Take arbitrarily or by force. |
pirate | Use or reproduce (another’s work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright. His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he s lost 10 million in sales. |
seize | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages. |
skyjack | Subject an aircraft to air piracy. A Russian engineer skyjacked a Soviet airliner. |
take over | Admit into a group or community. |
take possession of | Be designed to hold or take. |
abduct | (of a muscle) move (a limb or part) away from the midline of the body or from another part. The millionaire who disappeared may have been abducted. |
abduction | Moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body. Abductions by armed men in plain clothes. |
arrogate | Take or claim (something) without justification. They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation s true interests. |
buccaneer | Live like a buccaneer. The company might be a target for an individual buccaneer seeking power and prestige. |
clasp | Grasp firmly. He clasped Joanne in his arms. |
commandeer | Officially take possession or control of (something), especially for military purposes. The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami. |
corsair | A pirate ship. |
depredation | (usually plural) a destructive action. The depredations of age and disease. |
forfeited | Surrendered as a penalty. |
freebooter | Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war. |
hack | Cut with a hacking tool. Someone hacked his computer from another location. |
hijacker | A person who takes over an organization or activity and uses it for a different purpose. The hijackers of this government ignore all but their own agenda. |
hostage | A person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition. Three hostages were released but only after their families paid an estimated 200 000 to the guerrillas. |
impound | Place or shut up in a pound. Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded. |
infamous | Well known for some bad quality or deed. An infamous war criminal. |
kidnap | The action of kidnapping someone. The industrialist s son was kidnapped. |
kidnapping | The action of abducting someone and holding them captive. A new wave of kidnappings and murders. |
loot | Steal goods; take as spoils. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot. |
notorious | Known widely and usually unfavorably. Los Angeles is notorious for its smog. |
pirate | A ship that is manned by pirates. A pirate ship. |
plunder | Plunder a town after capture. The contents of the abandoned houses were plundered by members of the new regime. |
privateer | An officer or crew member of a privateer. It may be instructive to compare the supposedly wasteful public sector with the supposedly lean privateers. |
ravage | Acts of destruction. The ravages committed by man. |
ravish | (of a man) rape (a woman. Ravished by a sunny afternoon she had agreed without even thinking. |
seize | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. Army rebels seized an air force base. |
usurp | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one’s right or possession. Gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke. |
viking | Any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries. |
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