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were hijacked
verb
To forcibly stop and seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
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Two were hijacked jets.
Drug shipments were hijacked.
Elsewhere several vehicles carrying electoral materials were hijacked.
His comments were hijacked by the left and the right.
Previous attempts at government reform were hijacked by greedy influence-peddlers.
(In March, two Iranian fishing trawlers were hijacked in Somali waters).
She wasn't in the twin towers, the Pentagon, or the planes that were hijacked.
At least 53 ships were hijacked last year, the bureau said.
Forty-four brands were hijacked by these spoofing campaigns that month, the group said.
Two of the four jetliners that were hijacked by terrorists this morning originated at Logan.
Along the way, both boy and man were hijacked as a vehicle for their aspirations.
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