HIGHJACKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does highjacking mean? 

• HIGHJACKING (noun)
  The noun HIGHJACKING has 1 sense:

1. robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

  Familiarity information: HIGHJACKING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGHJACKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

highjacking; hijacking

Hypernyms ("highjacking" is a kind of...):

robbery (larceny by threat of violence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "highjacking"):

buccaneering; piracy (hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it)

Derivation:

highjack (take arbitrarily or by force)