Associations to the word «Hijacker»

Wiktionary

HIJACKER, noun. Someone who hijacks.
HIJACKER, noun. (computing) Hijackware.

Dictionary definition

HIJACKER, noun. A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it.
HIJACKER, noun. Someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats