skyjacker
noun[C]
uk/ˈskaɪ.dʒæk.ər/us/ˈskaɪ.dʒæk.ɚ/apersonwhotakescontrolof aflyingaircraftbyforce, usually inorderto makepoliticaldemands:
Flightattendantshave beentrainedtocooperatewith skyjackers.
Investigators aretryingtodeterminewhether he wasinvolvedwith the skyjackers.
See
skyjack
- "Take me to Cuba,"demandedthe first skyjackers.
- Heplaysamountainrescueexpertpursuingagangofstrandedskyjackers high in the Rockies.
- He was notsurprisedbyreportsthat the skyjackers werearmedwithknives.
Terrorism & political crime
- 9/11
- anti-hijacking
- anti-terrorism
- anti-terrorist
- bioterrorism
- bioterrorist
- counterterrorism
- crime against humanity
- false flag
- high treason
- hijack
- hijacking
- narcoterrorism
- sedition
- skyjack
- skyjacking
- terror
- terrorism
- tradecraft
- treason