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Synonyms for hijacking
hi·jack·ing

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  1. highjacking, hijackingnoun

    robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

    Synonyms:
    highjacking

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  1. Edward Ryan:

    During the hijacking, Peter called our witness ... and described to him what was going on inside the plane, that's about the only direct evidence we have from someone on Flight 175.

  2. Frank Pavone:

    This accommodation is not an 'opt-out.' Rather, it is a hijacking of the mechanism of our insurance plans to further the immoral goal of expanding access to abortion-inducing drugs and other objectionable services.

  3. Waljit Dhillo:

    So many people say to themselves, ‘It’s just me. I’ve got a problem.’ But actually, HSDD may be how your brain is wired, the biology is telling us there’s increased activation of inhibitory areas in the brain — the same areas that tell us it’s not OK to walk around in public naked — and those areas are switching off sexual desire. How can we tackle that? We give a hormone that would naturally give you increased sexual desire, essentially hijacking the normal system.

  4. Dave McCormick:

    I'm Dave McCormick, i've been fighting my whole life from wrestling in this gym to one just like it at West Point. I fought for freedom in Iraq and American capitalism, not socialism. And now I'm running for the US Senate to fight the woke mob, hijacking America's future.

  5. Lisa Williams:

    I do believe that it actually crashed and I see a lot of trees . . . i also believe there was a hijacking.


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