亚洲网紅露点

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skyjack

[ skahy-jak ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to hijack (an airliner), especially in order to hold the passengers and plane for ransom or for political reasons.


skyjack

/ 藞蝉办补瑟藢诲萧忙办 /

verb

  1. tr to commandeer (an aircraft), usually at gunpoint during flight, forcing the pilot to fly somewhere other than to the scheduled destination
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉办测藢箩补肠办别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉办测顎僯补肠办顎卐谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of skyjack1

First recorded in 1965鈥70; sky + (hi)jack
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of skyjack1

C20: from sky + hijack
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It is the only unsolved skyjacking in American history.

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The country has faced condemnation over violent crackdowns by authorities around the disputed 2020 election and the subsequent skyjacking of an opposition journalist.

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Yes, she did, because while Himmelsbach was a landmark in the only unsolved skyjacking in American history, that case was just a footnote in Himmelsbach鈥檚 story.

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The skyjacking of a dissident journalist over Belarus on Sunday was a brutal action with a simple message to opponents of dictatorial President Alexander Lukashenko: We can get you anywhere.

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Cooper skyjacking case died earlier this month in Northern California, according to reports.

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