Search Result for "hijack":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination;
[syn: hijack, highjack]
VERB (2)
1. take arbitrarily or by force;
- Example: "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"
[syn: commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate]
2. seize control of;
- Example: "they hijacked the judicial process"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "hijack": blackjack, bludgeon, bulldoze, bully, coerce, commit robbery, dragoon, heist, hold up, intimidate, knock over, mug, rip off, rob, shanghai, steamroller, stick up, strong-arm, use violence
