stowed away; stowing away; stows away
: to secrete oneself aboard a vehicle as a means of obtaining transportation
Examples of stowaway in a Sentence
Noun
A stowaway was discovered on the ship.
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Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The unidentified stowaway made it on board Delta Flight 487 on Tuesday, but the crew was alerted to their presence before takeoff, ABC News reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Dali was arraigned and charged in early December with knowingly stowing away abroad an aircraft without consent.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Another stowaway caught on a Delta flight last month
The incident comes a month after a woman was found on board a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris without a ticket.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
The unidentified stowaway made it on board Delta Flight 487 on Tuesday, but the crew was alerted to their presence before takeoff, ABC News reported.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
The woman who stowed away on a plane from New York City to Paris late last month was arrested on Monday after trying to leave the country again, this time on a bus bound for Canada, two law enforcement officials said.
—Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Dali was arraigned and charged in early December with knowingly stowing away abroad an aircraft without consent.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stowaway. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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stowaway
1 of 2 noun
stow·away
ˈstō-ə-ˌwā 
: one who stows away : an unregistered passenger
stow away
2 of 2 verbˌstō-ə-ˈwā
: to hide aboard a vehicle to obtain transportation
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