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  1. Hijack: Created by Jim Field Smith, George Kay. With Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Max Beesley, Ben Miles. A plane from Dubai to London is hijacked over a 7-hour flight, while authorities on the ground scramble for answers.

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    • 2023-06-28
    • Drama, Thriller
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  3. verb. hi· jack ˈhī-ˌjak. hijacked; hijacking; hijacks. Synonyms of hijack. transitive verb. 1. a. : to steal (goods in transit) by stopping a vehicle. Shipping cargo internationally, however, is rife with pitfalls. Shipments may be stolen, hijacked, destroyed, damaged or delayed. David Drake.

  4. hijack something to use violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to force it to travel to a different place or to demand something from a government. The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome.

  5. to force someone to give you control of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship that is in the middle of a trip: Gunmen tried to hijack their truck. Someone who hijacks someone else’s ideas or plans uses those ideas and claims to have created them: The movie hijacks some of its style from "Blade Runner."

  6. noun. an act or instance of hijacking. hijack. / ˈhaɪˌdʒæk / verb. tr to seize, divert, or appropriate (a vehicle or the goods it carries) while in transit. to hijack an aircraft. to rob (a person or vehicle) by force. to hijack a traveller.

  7. to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle during a trip, especially using violence: Two men hijacked a jet traveling to Paris and demanded $125,000. disapproving. to take control of or use something that does not belong to you for your own advantage: He resents the way his ideas have been hijacked by others in the department.

  8. verb. /ˈhaɪdʒæk/. Verb Forms. hijack something to use violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to force it to travel to a different place or to demand something from a government The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from Miami to San Juan.

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