hijacking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hijacking
    n 1: robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing
         control of a vehicle by the use of force [syn:
         {highjacking}, {hijacking}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "hijacking":
      armed robbery, asportation, assault and robbery, banditry,
      bank robbery, cattle lifting, cattle stealing, extortion, heist,
      highway robbery, holdup, mugging, pocket picking, purse snatching,
      robbery, robbing, stickup, stickup job

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