hijack

His analysis of American imperatives in the Middle East was plausible—up to the moment when hijacked passenger jets hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

The penalty for hijacking a plane is a minimum of 20 years in federal prison.

In the aftermath of the protests, Mexico’s leftist President Claudia Sheinbaum accused right-wing opponents of hijacking the demonstration to provoke unrest and smear her government.

But he warned attempts to widen the scope of the legislation could lead to it being "hijacked for purposes that may undermine the rationale" for it.

The idea that a charismatic authoritarian could hijack a party and weaponize institutions felt unthinkable.