hijacking
Example Sentences
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Now, the attempted hijacking by co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami is raising questions about whether FlyDubai’s push for growth has outpaced its ability to recruit and vet the people it entrusts to fly its planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Many of the papers are leading on the passengers who helped prevent a possible plane hijacking of a flight bound for Israel.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The race to automate an ever wider range of workplace tasks is creating an army of inside would-be hackers, with cybercriminals hijacking companies’ internal AI agents to steal sensitive business data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
