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
Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Sep. 2024
In the comedy adventure, 78-year-old grumpy widower Carl (Ed Asner) floats to South America in his house tied to balloons with 8-year-old stowaway Russell (Jordan Nagai).
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Everyday essentials like body wash, deodorant, and razors are some items that the retailer keeps stowed away and that require store assistance.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Ada Bunting is a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados who arrives in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Sep. 2024
In the comedy adventure, 78-year-old grumpy widower Carl (Ed Asner) floats to South America in his house tied to balloons with 8-year-old stowaway Russell (Jordan Nagai).
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Aug. 2024
Verb
The plot is this: To stop a witness from testifying against him, a gangster stows away poisonous snakes in the cargo hold of a plane on which the witness is traveling.
—Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Everyday essentials like body wash, deodorant, and razors are some items that the retailer keeps stowed away and that require store assistance.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 23 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowaway
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Dunn County Sheriff's office The Minneapolis, woman was killed while hitchhiking to an art show in Chicago, Sheriff Kevin Bygd said Friday.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Bob came out of nowhere and hitchhiked to New York City with a guitar on his back.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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The bass tones flowed thumbed beautifully and distortion-free from this 120-decibel speaker, thanks to the 6-by-9-inch woofer.Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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Rather than accommodating Washington, however, Netanyahu thumbed his nose at Obama in the United Nations, Congress, and other venues.Chris Miller, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
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With its unique capacity for manipulation of weaknesses in human psychology, an AI could also hijack a rival nation’s media, producing a deluge of synthetic disinformation so alarming as to inspire mass opposition against further progress in that country’s AI capacities.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Well, Trump hijacked a corporate party, which hardly seemed like a vehicle for proletarian revolt, and did exactly that.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Amy and Pati opted to go first in an attempt to prove their worth after hitching a helicopter ride the day prior.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
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What is your general advice to any celebrity who might be getting hitched?Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
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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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In short order, four U.S.-flagged aircraft were highjacked.Richard M. Frankel, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Stowaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stowaway. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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