hijacking has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ adjective ] stopping and stealing or stealing from a vehicle in transit

Examples

: "hijacking gangs after truckloads of cigarettes"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

Upon which the detective bureau despatched rifle squads to prevent trouble if O_'_Banion should send his gunmen out to deal with the hijacking policemen .

Related terms

commandeer

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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

Synonyms

highjacking

Related terms

robbery commandeer

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