The hijacking attempt failed when the victim managed to escape.
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Hijacking
Synonyms for "hijacking" (21 found)
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Related words (10)
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13 translations across 8 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِخْتِطَاف noun (act of one who hijacks)
Armenian
1 entries- հափշտակում noun (act of one who hijacks)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отвличане noun (act of one who hijacks)
Dutch
2 entries- gijzeling noun (act of one who hijacks)
- kaping noun (act of one who hijacks)
Norman
1 entries- haïjaqu'thie noun (act of one who hijacks)
Russian
1 entries- уго́н noun (act of one who hijacks)
Spanish
4 entries- arrebatamiento noun (act of one who hijacks)
- arrebatón noun (act of one who hijacks)
- atraco noun (act of one who hijacks)
- secuestración noun (act of one who hijacks)
Turkish
1 entries- kaçırmak noun (act of one who hijacks)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I don't like the anime of "Tatoeba Last Dungeon Mae no Mura no Shounen ga Joban no Machi de Kurasu Youna Monogatari" because it does a disservice to me by hijacking the search results for "Tatoeba" in social media.
Source: tatoeba (9616356)
You know that I now have made hijacking my specialty.
Source: tatoeba (9813893)
The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
Source: wiktionary
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