hijacked

Definitions

To illegally seize control of an aircraft, vehicle, or ship while it is in transit.

To take over or commandeer something, such as a process, conversation, or computer system, for one's own purposes.

Examples

The pirates hijacked the cargo ship in the middle of the night.

The activist hijacked the meeting to voice her concerns about the new policy.

Synonyms

commandeered seized appropriated stolen taken over skyjacked expropriated

Antonyms

returned restored released surrendered relinquished liberated delivered