highjack
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An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
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An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
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An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
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Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
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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).
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To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
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To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
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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).
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To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/highjack, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hijack