hijack

Example Sentences

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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

I wasn’t competing for an advancement point; I was here to hijack Elliot’s test.

From Literature

And yet the digital media giant, which recently began hijacking Christmas with the NFL, continues to lean in to these superannuated sports fliers.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the most explosive claims Brooklyn made is that Lady Beckham "hijacked" the first dance at his wedding, which - he says - had been planned "weeks in advance" to a romantic love song.

From BBC