Hijack
verb
To take control of something, like a vehicle or plane, especially by using force.
The terrorists hijacked the airplane and demanded a ransom.
Often appears as...
- hijack a plane
- hijack a car
verb
To take control of a situation, discussion or process, usually to get an advantage.
The meeting was hijacked by a group of protesters who disrupted the speaker's presentation.
Often appears as...
- hijack the meeting
- hijack the conversation
verb
To illegally take control of a computer system or network, often for malicious purposes.
Criminals tried to hijack the company's computer system and steal sensitive information.
Often appears as...
- hijack a computer
- hijack a network
verb
To take control of something, like a vehicle or plane, especially by using force.
The terrorists hijacked the airplane and demanded a ransom.
Often appears as...
- hijack a plane
- hijack a car
verb
To take control of a situation, discussion or process, usually to get an advantage.
The meeting was hijacked by a group of protesters who disrupted the speaker's presentation.
Often appears as...
- hijack the meeting
- hijack the conversation
verb
To illegally take control of a computer system or network, often for malicious purposes.
Criminals tried to hijack the company's computer system and steal sensitive information.
Often appears as...
- hijack a computer
- hijack a network
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Forced Takeover
Hijacking implies forceful and unlawful control, often involving threats or violence.
Pirates hijacked the cargo ship in international waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Response
Hijack situations usually lead to an emergency response like negotiations or rescue operations.
After the hijack, special forces prepared to storm the aircraft.
Pro Tip 3/3Media Coverage
High-profile hijack incidents often attract significant media attention.
The hijack of the tourist bus made headlines around the world.
Pro Tip 1/3Forced Takeover
Hijacking implies forceful and unlawful control, often involving threats or violence.
Pirates hijacked the cargo ship in international waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Response
Hijack situations usually lead to an emergency response like negotiations or rescue operations.
After the hijack, special forces prepared to storm the aircraft.
Pro Tip 3/3Media Coverage
High-profile hijack incidents often attract significant media attention.
The hijack of the tourist bus made headlines around the world.
Pro Tip 1/3Forced Takeover
Hijacking implies forceful and unlawful control, often involving threats or violence.
Pirates hijacked the cargo ship in international waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Response
Hijack situations usually lead to an emergency response like negotiations or rescue operations.
After the hijack, special forces prepared to storm the aircraft.
Pro Tip 3/3Media Coverage
High-profile hijack incidents often attract significant media attention.
The hijack of the tourist bus made headlines around the world.
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My 5 lives as an artist...
because billboard painters are a dying, extinct bunch of artists, because digital printing has totally replaced them and hijacked them." I said, in exchange for education in how to paint, I will support them, and I started a company. And since then, I've been painting all over the place.
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To listen is to live PIPE...
the remembering self and he said that the reason that we have such a hard time understanding happiness it's because we have two identities and the experiencing self is always hijacked by the membrane cell and I guess it was speaks to this idea about listening what you listen to
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Clay Shirky: Institutions...
as well as upsides. And of course, in the current environment, one need allude only lightly to the work of non-state actors trying to influence global affairs, and taking advantage of these. This is a social map of the hijackers and their associates
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Which is better: Soap or...
This outer structure helps the molecular machinery of the virus break through cellular membranes and hijack our cells. But it has thousands upon thousands of weak points where the right molecules could pry it apart. And this is where soap comes in.
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3 ways companies can...
when seemingly unrelated and just trivial things triggered deep feelings of sadness right smack in the middle of the workday, therapy helped me deal with them. And when painful anniversaries and events tried to hijack the day,
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George Ayittey: Cheetahs...
A vampire state is the government -- -- which has been hijacked by a phalanx of bandits and crooks who use the instruments of state power to enrich themselves, their cronies, and tribesmen and exclude everybody else.
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Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
provides protection when it's time to come home it seems like a foolproof system for keeping the young ones safe but it's not let's introduce a predator that is so widely its able to hijack the
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The Crafty Catfish...
provides protection when it's time to come home it seems like a foolproof system for keeping the young ones safe but it's not let's introduce a predator that is so widely it's able to hijack
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
Well, it's ideas -- not worms -- that hijack our brains. Now, am I saying that a sizable minority of the world's population has had their brain hijacked by parasitic ideas?
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How parasites change...
One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite, though if it's any consolation, it's not our brains that are being hijacked.
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My 5 lives as an artist...
because billboard painters are a dying, extinct bunch of artists, because digital printing has totally replaced them and hijacked them." I said, in exchange for education in how to paint, I will support them, and I started a company. And since then, I've been painting all over the place.
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To listen is to live PIPE...
the remembering self and he said that the reason that we have such a hard time understanding happiness it's because we have two identities and the experiencing self is always hijacked by the membrane cell and I guess it was speaks to this idea about listening what you listen to
Video examples
Clay Shirky: Institutions...
as well as upsides. And of course, in the current environment, one need allude only lightly to the work of non-state actors trying to influence global affairs, and taking advantage of these. This is a social map of the hijackers and their associates
Video examples
Which is better: Soap or...
This outer structure helps the molecular machinery of the virus break through cellular membranes and hijack our cells. But it has thousands upon thousands of weak points where the right molecules could pry it apart. And this is where soap comes in.
Video examples
3 ways companies can...
when seemingly unrelated and just trivial things triggered deep feelings of sadness right smack in the middle of the workday, therapy helped me deal with them. And when painful anniversaries and events tried to hijack the day,
Video examples
George Ayittey: Cheetahs...
A vampire state is the government -- -- which has been hijacked by a phalanx of bandits and crooks who use the instruments of state power to enrich themselves, their cronies, and tribesmen and exclude everybody else.
Video examples
Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
provides protection when it's time to come home it seems like a foolproof system for keeping the young ones safe but it's not let's introduce a predator that is so widely its able to hijack the
Video examples
The Crafty Catfish...
provides protection when it's time to come home it seems like a foolproof system for keeping the young ones safe but it's not let's introduce a predator that is so widely it's able to hijack
Video examples
Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
Well, it's ideas -- not worms -- that hijack our brains. Now, am I saying that a sizable minority of the world's population has had their brain hijacked by parasitic ideas?
Video examples
How parasites change...
One of humanity's most deadly assailants is a behavior-altering parasite, though if it's any consolation, it's not our brains that are being hijacked.
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Neil Strauss
American Author
When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.
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Juan Guaido
Venezuelan Politician
It's important to remember that a dictator will not freely relinquish power after having hijacked the constitution and ruled with threats and promises. Sometimes it is necessary to put enough pressure on him that he leaves.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.
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Winnie Byanyima
Ugandan Politician
Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and hijack democratic institutions - to their favour.
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Lyall Watson
South African Scientist
Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.
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Glenn Beck
American Journalist
The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not.
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Don McCullin
British Photographer
Many people misunderstand me - I'm quite happy to be called a photographer. All of a sudden, the art world has caught up with photography, and they are trying to hijack us.
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Ted Olson
American Politician
She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it took off on time - for over an hour.
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Christopher A. Wray
American Public Servant
Protected Voices aims to help political campaigns, private companies, and individuals protect themselves from foreign actors who want to hijack their message.
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Ted Lieu
American Politician
We have to remember the bigger picture: the U.S.-Israel alliance is too important to be hijacked by political interests or undermined by perceived riffs.
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Neil Strauss
American Author
When the Internet first came into public use, it was hailed as a liberation from conformity, a floating world ruled by passion, creativity, innovation and freedom of information. When it was hijacked first by advertising and then by commerce, it seemed like it had been fully co-opted and brought into line with human greed and ambition.
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Juan Guaido
Venezuelan Politician
It's important to remember that a dictator will not freely relinquish power after having hijacked the constitution and ruled with threats and promises. Sometimes it is necessary to put enough pressure on him that he leaves.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.
Quote examples
Winnie Byanyima
Ugandan Politician
Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and hijack democratic institutions - to their favour.
Quote examples
Lyall Watson
South African Scientist
Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.
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Glenn Beck
American Journalist
The majority does not rule in America, but the minority shouldn't hijack it. And it's because we're afraid. They have isolated us and made us feel as though we're alone. We're not.
Quote examples
Don McCullin
British Photographer
Many people misunderstand me - I'm quite happy to be called a photographer. All of a sudden, the art world has caught up with photography, and they are trying to hijack us.
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Ted Olson
American Politician
She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it took off on time - for over an hour.
Quote examples
Christopher A. Wray
American Public Servant
Protected Voices aims to help political campaigns, private companies, and individuals protect themselves from foreign actors who want to hijack their message.
Quote examples
Ted Lieu
American Politician
We have to remember the bigger picture: the U.S.-Israel alliance is too important to be hijacked by political interests or undermined by perceived riffs.
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