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hijacked
verb as in seize control
Example Sentences
Mr Roy opened the forum saying that Canada's short 36-day federal election had been "hijacked by Trump", and asked each leader to outline two campaign promises unrelated to the US or its tariffs.
The Trump administration says it seeks to restore balance to universities, which it argues have been hijacked by the left, and to eliminate anti-antisemitism on campus.
"So there's no need to build more, it's not necessary. But the housing we have has been hijacked."
They attached themselves to certain receptors in the party, hijacked those and began replicating themselves.
It warns of language being hijacked toward antithetical means and authoritarian ends.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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