"hijacker" meaning in English

See hijacker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒækəɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hijacker.wav Forms: hijackers [plural]
Etymology: From 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), haidhléaraí [masculine] (Irish), haidhléaraithe [masculine, plural] (Irish), haidhléaraí [feminine] (Irish), haidhléaraithe [feminine, plural] (Irish), haidhléaraithe [plural] (Irish), 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 terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 91 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 93 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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