Sentence examples for case of hijacking from inspiring English sources

There was even barely a ripple of protest when Mr. Sharif was convicted, in an extremely unusual case, of hijacking after he initially refused to allow a Karachi-bound commercial airliner carrying General Musharraf to land as the attempt to overthrow him was under way.

"Well, we have to be aware of that," says Gillett. "But I think it's a case of us hijacking them as opposed to them hijacking us.

A judge refused a defense request to declare a mistrial in the case of six Cubans accused of hijacking a Cuban plane to Key West, even though a government witness violated a deal with the defense.

In 1987, Mr. Vitale was acquitted in another racketeering case, in which he was accused of hijacking a pair of trucks.

A video games company has agreed to settle a case in which it was accused of hijacking its customers' computers to create Bitcoins.

In 2008, he began a worldwide media blitz accusing a group of Russian officials of hijacking a $230 million tax refund — the case Mr. Magnitsky was investigating on Mr. Browder's behalf when he was arrested and put in prison.

But local residents accuse the Houthis of hijacking the aid.

He denies "any thought" of hijacking the Bannockburn anniversary.

Before the case was dropped, an obscene play on the FIFA acronym had become the tagline on T-shirts, and commentators were accusing the group of hijacking the nation's Constitution.

And what perfidious act of "hijacking" has RDR Books committed?

Unmarked vehicles are used, for fear of hijacking.