noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who hijacks.

   "the hijacker of an aeroplane"

2. 2
   someone stops a vehicle and steals from it wordnet
3. 3
   Hijackware.
4. 4
   someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

highjackerhighjackermuggerroad agentrobberthief

Example

More examples

"The hijacker demanded a ransom of two million dollars."

Etymology

From hijack + -er.

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