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单词 hijacker
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Definition of hijacker in English:

hijacker

nounˈhʌɪdʒakəˈhaɪˌdʒækər
  • 1A person who illegally seizes an aircraft, ship, or vehicle while in transit and forces it to go to a different destination or uses it for their own purposes.

    negotiators began talks with the hijackers of the plane
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would have been entirely permissible to arrest the hijackers of the four aircraft used as weapons.
    • Hijackers take over the boat, but for no apparent purpose.
    • Their ensuing attempt to overpower their hijackers resulted in the plane crashing into a field.
    • It appears from what we know that the hijackers were skilled pilots.
    • The plane landed in Germany, the hijacker was arrested, and served a prison sentence.
    • Lastly, guns are more useful as a deterrent than as a tool to subdue hijackers.
    • The whereabouts of the five hijackers of an airliner are unknown.
    • The plane was diverted to London and the hijackers arrested.
    • Armed marshals will be deployed on flights in the next few months to thwart would-be hijackers.
    • The six hijackers of the plane were detained, prosecuted, convicted, and jailed.
    1. 1.1 A person who steals goods by seizing them in transit.
      a hijacker of arms shipments
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He got a taste of being the victim when hijackers stole a shipment of whiskey intended for him.
      • Hijackers became so bold that they once stole 1,500 quarts of impounded liquor from the St. Bernard Parish jail.
      • Pirates fought over spoils at sea, and hijackers stole from each other on land.
      • The plot was something about a gang of hijackers who stole truckloads of computer terminals while the truck driver was in a roadside cafe wolfing down dinner.
      • Young bands of hijackers, who stole and counter-stole, went back to work or to loafing around the wharves.
    2. 1.2 A person who takes over an organization or activity and uses it for a different purpose.
      these activists are the real hijackers of the revolution
      the hijackers of this government ignore all but their own agenda
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is the world's most prolific television hijacker having disrupted around 20,000 live link-ups, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
      • Fifty apartment blocks have been seized by "building hijackers" who muscle in, using intimidation and brute force to divert rental income into their own pockets.
      • Serial identity hijackers are operating across Bedfordshire.
      • They were more accurately the hijackers of art and aesthetics from the people and from everyday living.
      • No corporation is safe from the dark satire of this billboard hijacker, who has donned New York City with obese fast food mascots, cigarette mascots in coffins, and slogans such as "Support Our CEOs."

Rhymes

skyjacker

Definition of hijacker in US English:

hijacker

nounˈhīˌjakərˈhaɪˌdʒækər
  • 1A person who illegally seizes an aircraft, ship, or vehicle while in transit and forces it to go to a different destination or uses it for their own purposes.

    negotiators began talks with the hijackers of the plane
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hijackers take over the boat, but for no apparent purpose.
    • Armed marshals will be deployed on flights in the next few months to thwart would-be hijackers.
    • It appears from what we know that the hijackers were skilled pilots.
    • The whereabouts of the five hijackers of an airliner are unknown.
    • The plane was diverted to London and the hijackers arrested.
    • The six hijackers of the plane were detained, prosecuted, convicted, and jailed.
    • Lastly, guns are more useful as a deterrent than as a tool to subdue hijackers.
    • Their ensuing attempt to overpower their hijackers resulted in the plane crashing into a field.
    • The plane landed in Germany, the hijacker was arrested, and served a prison sentence.
    • It would have been entirely permissible to arrest the hijackers of the four aircraft used as weapons.
    1. 1.1 A person who steals goods by seizing them in transit.
      a hijacker of arms shipments
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pirates fought over spoils at sea, and hijackers stole from each other on land.
      • The plot was something about a gang of hijackers who stole truckloads of computer terminals while the truck driver was in a roadside cafe wolfing down dinner.
      • He got a taste of being the victim when hijackers stole a shipment of whiskey intended for him.
      • Hijackers became so bold that they once stole 1,500 quarts of impounded liquor from the St. Bernard Parish jail.
      • Young bands of hijackers, who stole and counter-stole, went back to work or to loafing around the wharves.
    2. 1.2 A person who takes over an organization or activity and uses it for a different purpose.
      these activists are the real hijackers of the revolution
      the hijackers of this government ignore all but their own agenda
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Serial identity hijackers are operating across Bedfordshire.
      • He is the world's most prolific television hijacker having disrupted around 20,000 live link-ups, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
      • No corporation is safe from the dark satire of this billboard hijacker, who has donned New York City with obese fast food mascots, cigarette mascots in coffins, and slogans such as "Support Our CEOs."
      • Fifty apartment blocks have been seized by "building hijackers" who muscle in, using intimidation and brute force to divert rental income into their own pockets.
      • They were more accurately the hijackers of art and aesthetics from the people and from everyday living.
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