hijack

See also: hi-jack

English

Alternative forms

• hi-jack, highjack

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• carjack
• hijackable

• seajack
• skyjack

Translations

to seize control of a vehicle

• Arabic: خَطَفَ (ḵaṭafa)
• Azerbaijani: qaçırmaq (az)
• Bulgarian: отвличам (bg) (otvličam)
• Catalan: segrestar (ca) (plane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劫持 (zh) (jiéchí), 攔路搶劫／拦路抢劫, 拦路抢劫 (lánlùqiǎngjié), 劫機／劫机 (zh) (jiéjī), 劫机 (zh) (jiéjī)

• Czech: unést (cs) pf
• Danish: kapre (airplane)
• Dutch: kapen (nl), hijacken
• Estonian: kaaperdama
• Finnish: kaapata (fi)
• French: détourner (fr)
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• German: entführen (de), hijacken, überfallen (de)
• Greek: καταλαμβάνω (el) (katalamváno), απάγω (el) (apágo)
• Italian: dirottare (it)
• Japanese: 乗っ取る (のっとる, nottoru)
• Maori: kāhaki, kāwhaki
• Norman: haïjatchi
• Polish: porywać / porwać
• Portuguese: sequestrar (pt)
• Russian: угоня́ть (ru) impf (ugonjátʹ), угна́ть (ru) pf (ugnátʹ), напада́ть (ru) impf (napadátʹ), напа́сть (ru) pf (napástʹ), захва́тывать (ru) impf (zaxvátyvatʹ), захвати́ть (ru) pf (zaxvatítʹ)
• Spanish: piratear (es)
• Swedish: kapa (sv)

to seize control of a process

• Polish: zakłócać / zakłócić
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

computing: to seize control of a computer or browser

• Finnish: kaapata (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: kapa (sv)

Noun

hijack (plural hijacks)

1. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
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.
4. (poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.

Translations

instance of hijacking of a vehicle

• Arabic: إِخْتِطَاف m (ʔiḵtiṭāf)
• Armenian: հափշտակում (hy) (hapʻštakum)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劫持 (zh) (jiéchí), 劫機／劫机 (zh) (jiéjī), 劫机 (zh) (jiéjī)

• Czech: únos (cs) m
• Danish: kapring c
• Finnish: kaappaus (fi)
• French: détournement (fr) m
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• German: Entführung (de) f, Überfall (de) m
• Greek: πειρατεία (el) f (peirateía), -πειρατεία f (-peirateía), (air piracy) αεροπειρατεία (el) f (aeropeirateía)
• Japanese: 乗っ取り (のっとり, nottori), ハイジャック (haijakku)
• Norman: haïjaqu'thie f
• Norwegian: kapring m or f
• Russian: уго́н (ru) m (ugón), нападе́ние (ru) n (napadénije), захва́т (ru) m (zaxvát)
• Swedish: kapning (sv) c