- present participle of hijack.
hijacking
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He says he and his friends have been protesting peacefully, but strangers were hijacking their protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The race to automate an ever wider range of workplace tasks is creating an army of inside would-be hackers, with cybercriminals hijacking companies’ internal AI agents to steal sensitive business data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
“My ambitions extend far beyond hijacking a single preserve. I am part of a movement with much broader objectives.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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