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Hijacking - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Banditry, Extortion, Heist, Mugging, Robbery, Robbing

Hijacking or highjacking is the forcible robbery from, or seizure of a vehicle in transit. Historically the term used to refer to robbery of trucks, other land motor vehicles car jacking and aircraft skyjacking. Contemporarily the term is primarily associated with high-profile aircraft hijacking for political purposes including terrorism, although other cases have included the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985 which could also be considered piracy.

Example Usage of Hijacking

mzmaggiemae: @jeyhawk Hi! :D are we Hijacking the billboard post later?
katpaps: @Kahu1u Hehe rule one of Hijacking other peoples birthday bashes and annihilating shit music: ALWAYS bring iPod loaded with metahl \m/o\m/ x
Van_Alstyne: @ijkptc Spencer! Stop Hijacking their Twitter !!
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