Hijack

Verb

 * 1) To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
 * 2) To seize control of some process to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
 * 3)  To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
 * 4)  To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).
 * 5)  To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

Noun

 * 1) An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle.
 * 2) An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
 * 3)  An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.

Thesaurus
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

Alternative forms

 * hi-jack, highjack

Verb

 * Arabic: خطف
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 攔路搶劫, 拦路抢劫, 劫機, 劫机
 * Dutch: kapen, hijacken
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, hijacken,
 * Greek:, απάγω


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: porywać / porwać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: угонять, угнать , нападать , , захватывать , захватить
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Polish: zakłócać / zakłócić


 * Finnish:


 * Swedish:

Derived terms

 * hijackable

Noun

 * Arabic: اختطاف
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 劫機, 劫机
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Greek:, -πειρατεία, αεροπειρατεία
 * Japanese: 乗っ取り, ハイジャック
 * Russian: угон,, захват
 * Swedish: kapning