hijack

There’s also a difference between not allowing something to bother you and sitting back while people hijack your meetings.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

McKinney’s sudden emergence in the race in May saw him hijack the incumbent’s support from law enforcement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

According to claims shown in screenshots and videos shared on social media, Instagram's AI chatbot allowed users to "hijack" accounts in recent days.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

But between Sackett and EPA’s careful new wording, it won’t prove as easy to hijack as in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

We believe it was chosen because the technique involves the use of tracker jacker venom, and the jack suggested hijack.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Previous waves of reservation hijacks have seen hotels hacked in order to get access to the hotel's Booking.com account and send out phishing emails and text messages.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

The pilot episode of “The X-Files” spinoff “The Lone Gunmen,” featured a pilot who hijacks an airplane and flies it into the World Trade Center six months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

In a subsequent step, dAdo enters the plant cell through the membrane transporter ENT3, where it hijacks the host's immune system to induce cell death.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

I always assumed the term “brain worm” was slang for a repetitive thought that hijacks one’s mind and won’t leave.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

They subvert their hosts' cellular programming to make copies of themselves, just as a computer virus hijacks an infected computer and causes it to send out more copies of the virus.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

LinkedIn accepted his reports on the hijacked profiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"They had conscience and couldn't observe idly while what they fought for what had been hijacked by Isaias and his coterie," says Ibrahim.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

One of the jets hijacked on 9/11 hit the Pentagon in Washington, killing 184 people who were remembered by a single bell tolling as their names were read out.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

A military helicopter flies in front of the Pentagon Sept. 14, 2001, in Arlington, Va., at the impact site where a hijacked airliner crashed into the building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Dylan has hijacked the spotlight as he regales his “tale of a young man who flipped off Death” to Ethan and Arthur and gives them tips on how they can also “escape Death’s clutches.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

The incident was not believed to have been a hijacking, the Israeli prime minister's office said.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Seven minutes later, they changed the alert to a code signaling unlawful interference—used to describe attempts to jeopardize the safety of the airplane, like hijacking or hostage taking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the letter terminating Pelley's contract on Tuesday, Bilton accused him of hijacking the staff meeting to disparage Bilton, his qualificatons and intentions with "remarkable incivility and contempt".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

All of my bravado from hijacking Elliot’s simulation test was draining away, and I was left with a familiar feeling of uncertainty.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin