Investigators foiled a plot to hijack an airplane.
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Hijack
Synonyms for "hijack" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Verb(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (14)
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Translations
76 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- إِخْتِطَاف noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- خَطَفَ verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Armenian
1 entries- հափշտակում noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaçırmaq verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отвличане noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- отвличам verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Catalan
1 entries- segrestar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 劫持 noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- 劫機 /劫机 noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- 劫持 verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- 劫機 /劫机 verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Czech
2 entries- únos noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- unést verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Danish
2 entries- kapring noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- kapre verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Dutch
1 entries- kapen verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Esperanto
1 entries- kaperi verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Estonian
1 entries- kaaperdama verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Finnish
2 entries- kaappaus noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- kaapata verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
French
2 entries- détournement noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- détourner verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Galician
1 entries- secuestrar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
German
4 entries- Entführung noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- Überfall noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- die Kontrolle an sich reißen über verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- die Kontrolle an sich reißen über verb (to seize control of a process)
Greek
4 entries- αεροπειρατεία noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- πειρατεία noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- πειρατεία noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- απάγω verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Irish
1 entries- fuadach noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
Italian
1 entries- dirottare verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Japanese
3 entries- ハイジャック noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- 乗っ取り noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- 乗っ取る verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Macedonian
4 entries- грабну́вање noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- гра́бне verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- о́тима verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- при́граби verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Malay
1 entries- rampas verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Māori
3 entries- kā(w)haki verb (to seize control of a process)
- kāhaki verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- kāwhaki verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Norman
2 entries- haïjaqu'thie noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- haïjatchi verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Norwegian
1 entries- kapring noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
Polish
4 entries- porwać verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- porywać verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- zakłócać verb (to seize control of a process)
- zakłócić verb (to seize control of a process)
Portuguese
1 entries- sequestrar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Russian
4 entries- захва́т noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- нападе́ние noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- уго́н noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- захва́тывать verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Spanish
4 entries- arrebatar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- atracar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- rebatar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- secuestrar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Swedish
2 entries- kapning noun (instance of hijacking of a vehicle)
- kapa verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cướp máy bay verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- không tặc verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
If someone doesn't hijack something, it's not a good movie.
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It was like having an alien hijack your body and then brainwash you by altering your perception of your memories and experiences.
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In Premium Rush, a routine delivery for a New York bicycle courier turns into a race against the clock when a mysterious stranger tries to hijack the package.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.