HIJACKED
25
Scrabble
27
WWF
H(4) I(1) J(8) A(1) C(3) K(5) E(1) D(2)
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Definition
verb
- 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).
- To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
- To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
- 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).
- To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
adjective
- Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
Source: Wiktionary
