skyjack

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Verb skyjack has 1 sense

skyjack - subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan"
--₁ is one way to commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate
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Skyjack

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Noun, Verb

Sense 1 - Noun:

A skyjack is an act of hijacking an aircraft while it is in flight.

Example Sentence: The passengers were terrified when the skyjack began and the hijackers took control of the airplane.

Sense 2 - Verb:

To skyjack means to hijack or seize control of an aircraft during a flight.

Example Sentence: The criminals planned to skyjack the plane and demand a ransom for the safe release of the passengers.

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