hijack

English

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Alternative forms

• hi-jack, highjack

Etymology

Blend of highway and jacker (“one who holds up”) [1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/

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Verb

hijack (third-person singular simple present hijacks, present participle hijacking, simple past and past participle hijacked)

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 or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
3. (computing) 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. (computing) 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. (politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

Translations

to seize control of a vehicle

Arabic: خطف (ar) (kháTafa) Chinese: Mandarin: 劫持 (cmn) (jiéchí), 攔路搶劫 (cmn), 拦路抢劫 (cmn) (lánlùqiǎngjié), 劫機 (cmn), 劫机 (cmn) (jiéjī) Dutch: kapen, hijacken Finnish: kaapata (fi) French: détourner (fr) German: entführen (de), hijacken (de), überfallen (de) Greek: καταλαμβάνω (el) (katalamváno), απάγω (el) (apágo)

Italian: dirottare (it) Japanese: 乗っ取る (ja) (のっとる, nottoru) Polish: porywać / porwać Portuguese: sequestrar (pt) Russian: угонять (ru) (ugonját') impf., угнать (ru) (ugnát') pf., нападать (ru) (napadát') impf., напасть (ru) (napást') pf., захватывать (ru) (zaxvátyvat') impf., захватить (ru) (zaxvatít') pf. Spanish: piratear (es) Swedish: kapa (sv)

to seize control of a process

Polish: zakłócać / zakłócić

computing: to seize control of a computer or browser

Finnish: kaapata (fi)

Swedish: kapa (sv)

Derived terms

• hijackable
• carjack
• seajack

Noun

hijack (plural hijacks)

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

Translations

instance of hijacking of a vehicle

Arabic: إختطاف (ar) ('ikhtiTaaf) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 劫持 (cmn) (jiéchí), 劫機 (cmn), 劫机 (cmn) (jiéjī) Finnish: kaappaus (fi) French: détournement (fr) m. German: Entführung (de) f., Überfall (de) m.

Greek: πειρατεία (el) (peirateía) f., -πειρατεία (el) (-peirateía) f., (air piracy) αεροπειρατεία (el) (aeropeirateía) f. Japanese: 乗っ取り (ja) (のっとり, nottori), ハイジャック (ja) (haijakku) Russian: угон (ru) (ugón) m., нападение (ru) (napadénije) n., захват (ru) (zaxvát) m. Swedish: kapning (sv) c.