as in to hijack
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How cute things hijack our brains and drive behaviour Trends in Cognitive Science.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
24 Feb. 2025 -
Over War Game Concerns How U.S. Minuteman III Tests Stack Up Against Russia's ICBM Track Record Some suggest that the plane suffered a mechanical failure of some kind, while other, more conspiratorial, theories claim that staff aboard the flight planned to hijack the plane for other purposes.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
24 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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National security officials who favor a strong U.S. commitment to Taiwan frequently cite their concern that China could commandeer high-tech assets on the island.—
Jennifer Kavanagh,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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The next shift, in both the number and geographical range of piracy incidents, came around 2007, when those involved began commandeering larger boats for use in storming commercial carriers hundreds of nautical miles from the Somali coast.—
Soham Mitra, Lou Robinson and Patrick Gallagher,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Carjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjack. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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