as in hijacker
someone who hides on a ship, airplane, etc., in order to travel without paying or being seen
A stowaway was discovered on the ship.
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Recent Examples of stowaway
Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Dali was charged with being a stowaway and arraigned this month in federal court after she was accused of sneaking onto a Delta flight from New York City to Paris last month.
—Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
The comic wrench in the crow’s nest comes in the form a sweet, little girl (Goldsberry) who has stowed away on the ship.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Dali was charged with being a stowaway and arraigned this month in federal court after she was accused of sneaking onto a Delta flight from New York City to Paris last month.
—Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
There have been multiple recent reports of people being discovered stowed away in airplane wheel wells, and others who somehow bypassed boarding pass scans and made it into the passenger cabin without valid tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
The comic wrench in the crow’s nest comes in the form a sweet, little girl (Goldsberry) who has stowed away on the ship.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
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Verb
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The Charlotte Observer last reported on Cornett’s disappearance in 1992, when police searched a South Carolina well after a tip from a teenager who once hitchhiked with Bell in 1984.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2025
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What was a thin, simple premise in King’s novella — widely considered the world’s first e-book, by the way, in 2000 — is extended to little effect in this drama about a man who tries to kill himself, then hitchhikes across the country to visit his dying mother.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
15 Feb. 2025
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Social media accounts are increasingly hijacked, sensitive financial data appears on the dark web and even family members’ details can be exploited for leverage.—
Chad Angle,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Helly is mortified to learn that Helena hijacked her body and impersonated her.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Hannah’s voice hitched, broadcasting Sam’s shame to the entire restaurant.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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That was the last major development in the case until September, when police searched several properties in Cleveland County and hitched a 1960s green car to a tow truck.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Feb. 2025
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Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowaway. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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