Bodyjack

//ˈbɑ.di.d͡ʒæk// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To forcibly seize control of someone's body, sometimes by replacing or exchanging minds.

    "My accent may be Brooklyn, not the BBC, pal, but I still got a brain in my head. We've been bodyjacked. Some kind of mind-switch—yours to our bodies, ours ta yours. No offense but this ain't exactly the first time we've been cut loose in that particular neighborhood."

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bedevil

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"My accent may be Brooklyn, not the BBC, pal, but I still got a brain in my head. We've been bodyjacked. Some kind of mind-switch—yours to our bodies, ours ta yours. No offense but this ain't exactly the first time we've been cut loose in that particular neighborhood."

Etymology

Blend of body + hijack.

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