hijacking

English

Etymology

From hijack +‎ -ing.

Verb

hijacking

1. present participle and gerund of hijack

Noun

hijacking (plural hijackings)

1. The act of one who hijacks (in any sense).
2. The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
   • 2014 August 21, “A brazen heist in Paris [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.

Translations

act of one who hijacks

• Arabic: اختطاف
• Armenian: հափշտակում (hy) (hapʻštakum)
• Bulgarian: отвличане n (otvličane)
• Dutch: gijzeling (nl) f, kaping (nl) f
• Norman: haïjaqu'thie f
• Russian: уго́н (ru) m (ugón)
• Spanish: atraco (es) m, secuestración (es) f, secuestro (es) m, arrebatón (es) m, arrebatamiento m
• Turkish: (uçak,gemi,vb.) kaçırmak (tr)

instance of such an act — see hijack

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