- present participle of hijack.
hijacking
Example Sentences
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Some were angry that the much smaller group of anti-immigration protesters were attracting media attention and hijacking their message.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
This is the second hijacking of a vessel off the coast of Yemen since May, when the MT Eureka was seized near the port of Qana.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Cybercriminals are hijacking companies’ internal artificial-intelligence agents to steal sensitive business data, creating new insider threat risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
I could never guess whether Suzanne knew unconsciously that something strange was happening in the cells of her body, that a silent hijacking was already under way.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
