highjacking

verb

  1. 1

    To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

  2. 2

    To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.

  3. 3

    To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.

  4. 4

    To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).

  5. 5

    To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

noun

  1. 1

    The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.

  2. 2

    The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.

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