Usually means: Illegally seizing control by force.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. hijack: Merriam-Webster
  2. hijack: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hijack: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hijack: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hijack: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hijack, hijack: Wordnik
  7. hijack: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hijack: Wiktionary
  9. hijack: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. hijack (highjack): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. hijack: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. hijack: Dictionary.com
  13. hijack: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. hijack: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Hijack (Thai band), Hijack (band), Hijack (hip hop group), Hijack (song), Hijack: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. hijack: Rhymezone
  17. hijack: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. hijack: FreeDictionary.org
  19. hijack: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Hijack: The Word Detective
  21. hijack: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. hijack: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. hijack: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. hijack: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. hijack: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Hijack: GLOSSARY OF LEGISLATIVE TERMS
  6. hijack: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hijack: Hacking Lexicon
  2. hijack: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hijack, hijack: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. hijack: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See hijacker as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
verb:  To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
verb:  (computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
verb:  (computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site.
verb:  (politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
noun:  An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
noun:  An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
noun:  (politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
noun:  (poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
noun:  (obsolete) A highwayman, robber.

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