hijack
Example Sentences
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But the system has been hijacked by plaintiff lawyers, who file dozens of lawsuits each year against America’s largest and best-run retirement plans.
Coordinated attacks via networks of hijacked devices, used to overwhelm systems, also more than doubled in 2025 and are becoming more common thanks to services available for hire.
From Barron's
As with social media, it appears we have created in AI a compelling technology that hijacks instincts that are essential to our survival.
Instead, they reveal how an aggressive campaign could hijack online votes.
From Salon
When the market’s directional trend is hijacked by forces that marginalize financial metrics like corporate earnings growth and profit margins, it’s more significant than merely investor sentiment souring.
From Barron's
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