hijacking

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun hijacking has 1 sense

hijacking(n = noun.act) highjacking - robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force; Array

is a kind of robbery

has particulars: buccaneering, piracy

Derived form verb hijack₁

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THESAURUS

hijacking

armed robbery, asportation, assault and robbery, banditry, bank robbery, cattle lifting, cattle stealing, extortion, heist, highway robbery, holdup, mugging, pocket picking, purse snatching, robbery, robbing, stickup, stickup job

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