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air piracy

NOUN
the hijacking of an airplane or helicopter
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Outraged European Union authorities denounced the action as air piracy and imposed more sanctions on the country.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2021

Robinson pleaded guilty to attempting to intimidate a pilot, a far less serious charge than air piracy.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2013

This was the type of air piracy that prompted airlines and governments to install metal detectors and other devices at airports some 20 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unless the United Nations Security Council moves "effectively" against air piracy, the pilots threatened a one-day international shutdown of air service on June 19.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. David G. Hubbard, a Dallas psychiatrist and expert on air piracy, finds that skyjackers and political terrorists are almost always paranoid schizophrenics with overt suicidal tendencies�a deadly species.

From Time Magazine Archive



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