highjack

/HH AY1 JH AE0 K/
noun
  1. 1

    An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.

  2. 2

    An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.

  3. 3

    An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.

  4. 4

    Preflop, the position two before the dealer.

verb
  1. 1

    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).

  2. 2

    To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.

  3. 3

    To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.

  4. 4

    To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).

  5. 5

    To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/highjack, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hijack