carjack

verb

Definition of carjacknext
as in to hijack

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  1. hijack
  2. highjack
  3. commandeer
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  • Now Microsoft has warned that attackers may be hijacking some of the most powerful AI tools available to power some of their campaigns.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The battlefield is your phone, and the weapon is algorithms designed to hijack attention, rewire brains and control lives.
    Andrae Bailey, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of hijack
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  • Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2018
  • In short order, four U.S.-flagged aircraft were highjacked.
    Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
Definition of highjack
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  • Iraq’s Christian minority, one of the oldest in the world, faced persecution under the rule of ISIS, with many members of the community forced to leave behind homes and churches the extremists had destroyed or commandeered.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Dolphins offense is commandeered by No. 1 wideout Tyreek Hill who is fighting to generate his usual league-leading numbers.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of commandeer
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“Carjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjack. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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