"hijacking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hijackings [plural]
Etymology: From hijack + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hijack|ing}} hijack + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} hijacking (plural hijackings)
  1. The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles. Translations (act of one who hijacks): اختطاف (Arabic), հափշտակում (hapʻštakum) (Armenian), отвличане (otvličane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gijzeling [feminine] (Dutch), kaping [feminine] (Dutch), haïjaqu'thie [feminine] (Norman), уго́н (ugón) [masculine] (Russian), (uçak,gemi,vb.) kaçırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hijacking-en-noun-Jt4zk3Jx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 18 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 61 16 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 18 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 66 16 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 17 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 18 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 61 21 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 66 18 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 62 20 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 62 17 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 70 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 69 14 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 64 19 16 Disambiguation of 'act of one who hijacks': 95 5
  2. The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
    Sense id: en-hijacking-en-noun-NlOu6zF5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: browser hijacking, carjacking, session hijacking, skyjacking

Verb

Etymology: From hijack + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hijack|ing}} hijack + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hijacking
  1. present participle and gerund of hijack Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hijack Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-hijacking-en-verb-9FJAQ7KI Disambiguation of Crime: 5 17 78

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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