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Highjack

noun
Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounAn instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
2.nounAn instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
3.nounAn amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
4.nounPreflop, the position two before the dealer.
5.verbTo 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).
6.verbTo seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
7.verbTo seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
8.verbTo change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).
9.verbTo introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

Synonyms

hijackcommandeerexpropriatepiratemisappropriatedeflectdivertavertdistractdetractsidetrackhi-jack

Rhymes With

skyjackdry jackbijacby jackeye jackrabbi jacksamurai jackwhy jack
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