Thesaurus results for HIJACKED

hijacked

verb

variants also highjacked

past tense of hijack

as in commandeered

to take control of (a vehicle) by force some loser tried to hijack the plane with a toy gun

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Recent Examples of hijacked Set in Massachusetts in 1858, the novel tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who gets trapped aboard a schooner as it gets hijacked. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 That is up from Politico’s report that Somali pirates had seized at least three tankers carrying oil and fertilizer since April, while a chemical-carrying ship was hijacked off Yemen in July. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 Neither candidate is captive to the extremes that have hijacked so much of our national discourse. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026 Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Hong's shortfall compared with public polling could temper the belief that progressives have hijacked the Democratic Party. — Garrett Downs,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Jakob Nowell and Zayno hijacked KTLA’s weather broadcast with their own playful commentary. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026 Yet since 1997, when the Sanford airport adopted its current moniker, GOAA has griped that the smaller air field — more than 30 miles to the north and about an hour’s drive depending on traffic — had hijacked its name. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 After proving his roster worth early on as a rookie, a shoulder injury hijacked his growth. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

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The Jackson campaign had commandeered the green room Bottoms and her aides were supposed to use for the event.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
John’s little motorbike proves no match for the large truck commandeered by the T-1000, which blasts through a cinder block wall at one point.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

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