hijack

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To forcibly 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 introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

Noun

1. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
2. An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
3. An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
4. (slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
5. (obsolete) A highwayman, robber.

Concepts

détourner

détournement

capturer

enlever

kidnapper

mettre la main (sur)

pirater

prendre d’assaut

prendre en otage

prise d’otage

s’emparer (de)

enlèvement

s’emparer

s’emparer de force d’un véhicule

aborder

enlever de vive force

accaparer

Synonymes

highjack

kidnap

pirate

abduct

capture

usurp

take over

commandeer

skyjacking

rob

skyjack

occupy

overrun

piracy

plunder

ravish

seize

snap

snatch

swoop

take

take hold

takeover

usurpation

wrest

highjacking

shake down

hostage taking

gaining control

abduction

assumption

blackmail

despoil

exact

get hold of

grab

hijacker

hijacking

hold up

loot

Traductions

entführen

dirottare

rapire

raptar

kapen

secuestrar

يختطف

hijacken

sequestrar

خَطَفَ

raptar

secuestro

sequestrare

hijacken

dirottamento

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhaɪ.dʒæk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).