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Rarehijacked
The correct spelling is hijacked.
How to pronounce hijacked
verb
Say it like: Hij-ake-d
The correct spelling is hijacked. To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
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Meanings
verb
- 1.To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
- 2.To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
- 3.To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
- 4.To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).
- 5.To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
adjective
- 1.Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
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