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
Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
During an interview with the FBI upon her return, Dali allegedly admitted to flying as a stowaway.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Officials said the first hornet to reach North America likely stowed away in a shipping container or plant pots.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
But today’s flight stowaways run a much higher risk of arrest or death.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
During an interview with the FBI upon her return, Dali allegedly admitted to flying as a stowaway.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
There have been multiple recent incidents of people stowing away in airplane wheel wells or boarding without tickets.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Officials said the first hornet to reach North America likely stowed away in a shipping container or plant pots.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stowaway
Verb
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Since the 1920s, apparition of a young woman has been seen hitchhiking here, only to disappear when drivers come to her aid.—
Elizabeth Friend,
Longreads,
29 Oct. 2024
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But that’s very much the reason, coming from that talk with Bob, that the movie opens with him at the station, hitchhiking into New York, and ends with him on the back of a motorcycle, riding away.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The ordinance was repealed in July 2008. 1995: Two thumbs up.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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Watercolours and its surprisingly competent pictures will enliven any coffee table—and surely provoke more than a few visitors to thumb its pages and reflect on Charles’s varied interests.—
Allie Merriam,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Evergreen Park officer chased Space into the parking lot of the Oak Lawn Children’s Museum, where Space again attempted to hijack a vehicle, police said.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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However, there have been notable incidents in the last 24 years beginning with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks when 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial planes and intentionally crashed two of them into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The couple got hitched in a beautiful ceremony, but their first dance was interrupted by the police.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
30 Jan. 2025
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Related article Taking both erectile dysfunction and chest pain drugs linked with early death risk, study finds The ads were more than just a passing attempt to hitch a corporate caboose to a runaway social media locomotive.—
Darius Tahir,
CNN,
21 Jan. 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 13 Feb. 2025.
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