Investigators foiled a plot to hijack an airplane.
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Hijack
Synonyms for "hijack" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Verb(3 words)
Related words (29)
Noun(15 words)
Related word relations
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More general
22 entriesabuse of powerarrogateassumecapturecontrolcrimecriminal offencecriminal offensedirectlaw-breakingmanagemanipulationmisappropriationmisuseseize
Showing 16 of 22 words.
More specific
15 entriesURL hijackagenda hijackair piracyaircraft hijackbus hijackcarjackingcookie hijackdebate hijackmedia hijacknarrative hijackpolicy hijackprocess hijacksession hijackship hijackstream hijack
Collocations
10 entriesagenda hijackair piracyaircraft hijackbrowser hijackcarjackinghijack attemptnarrative hijackplane hijackpolitical hijackvehicle hijack
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَطَفَ verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaçırmaq verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отвличам verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Catalan
1 entries- segrestar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 劫持 verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- 劫機 /劫机 verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- 攔路搶劫 /拦路抢劫 verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Czech
1 entries- unést verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Danish
1 entries- 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
1 entries- kaapata verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
French
1 entries- détourner verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Galician
1 entries- secuestrar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
German
4 entries- die Kontrolle an sich reißen über verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- entführen verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- hijacken verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- kapern verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Greek
2 entries- απάγω verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- καταλαμβάνω verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Italian
1 entries- dirottare verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Japanese
1 entries- 乗っ取る verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Macedonian
3 entries- 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
2 entries- kāhaki verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- kāwhaki verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Norman
1 entries- haïjatchi verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Polish
2 entries- porwać verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- porywać verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Portuguese
1 entries- sequestrar verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
Russian
4 entries- захва́тывать verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- захвати́ть verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- напа́сть verb (to seize control of a vehicle)
- напада́ть 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
1 entries- 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.
Source: tatoeba (11088884)
Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.