"hijacker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒækəɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hijacker.wav [US] Forms: hijackers [plural]
Etymology: hijack + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hijack|er|id2=agent noun}} hijack + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} hijacker (plural hijackers)
  1. Someone who hijacks. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who hijacks): kaper [masculine] (Dutch), aerpirato (Esperanto), sequestrador [masculine] (Galician), Entführer [masculine] (German), Entführerin [feminine] (German), haïjatcheux [masculine] (Norman), kaprer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaprar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), porywacz [masculine] (Polish), sequestrador [masculine] (Portuguese), уго́нщик (ugónščik) [masculine] (Russian), aeropirata (note: of aeroplanes) [masculine] (Spanish), secuestrador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hijacker-en-noun-5CzeA0hQ Disambiguation of People: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'someone who hijacks': 98 2
  2. (computing) Hijackware. Categories (topical): Computing, Crime
    Sense id: en-hijacker-en-noun-hLv5fC0l Disambiguation of Crime: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 11 89 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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