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
Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 May 2025
On March 11, the man pleaded guilty to being a stowaway on an aircraft, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the Roam can recharge two USB-C devices with up to 100W of fast charging, either via its USB-C port or its integrated USB-C charging cable, that stows away in the device’s body so there’s always a charging cable to hand.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Dali had been charged with a federal stowaway count for boarding an overnight Delta flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on Nov. 26, 2024, and traveling to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France without having a ticket.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 May 2025
On March 11, the man pleaded guilty to being a stowaway on an aircraft, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 21 May 2025
Verb
Dior declined to comment, an eBay spokesperson said the company does not have an authentication process for bridal, and a source told WWD that Trump’s wedding gown was stowed away in Mar-a-Lago.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the Roam can recharge two USB-C devices with up to 100W of fast charging, either via its USB-C port or its integrated USB-C charging cable, that stows away in the device’s body so there’s always a charging cable to hand.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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In the cinematic video, Carpenter is hitchhiking across a desert landscape in everything from pickup trucks to station wagons to a grocery cart sidecar beside a motorcycle, all the while accompanied by himbos washing themselves with gasoline or trying to smoke a firecracker like a cigarette.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2025
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Before that, the Grammy winner also shared a teaser video of herself trying — and failing — to hitchhike.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
3 June 2025
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The Savannah Bananas thumbed their nose at such nonsense.—
Emma Moon,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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The Manchester-by-the-Sea health board has thumbed its nose at voters with callous indifference.—
Peter Brennan,
Boston Herald,
26 May 2025
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With his keffiyeh, aviator sunglasses, and beard stubble, Arafat first received media attention in the 1960s and 1970s, when the PLO was hijacking airplanes and perpetrating terrorist attacks.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 June 2025
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Microsoft accounts are now at risk from a new attack that has hijacked Google’s App Scripts to provide a veil of authenticity when sending malicious phishing emails.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The impressive team effort enables nematodes to hitch rides on passing insects to more favorable habitats and bridge otherwise untraversable gaps, Ding and her co-authors suggest.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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At the time, Cruise’s love story with Katie Holmes felt inextricably linked to the third Mission: Impossible film, which saw Ethan Hunt getting hitched to Julia, played by Michelle Monaghan.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
23 May 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 19 Jun. 2025.
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