different between kidnapping vs hijack

English

Alternative forms

• kidnaping (US; less common)

Verb

kidnapping

1. present participle of kidnap

Noun

kidnapping (countable and uncountable, plural kidnappings)

1. (crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• abduction

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kid.na.pi?/

Noun

kidnapping m (plural kidnappings)

1. a kidnapping

Further reading

• “kidnapping” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?dn?p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

kidnapping f or m (definite singular kidnappinga or kidnappingen, indefinite plural kidnappinger, definite plural kidnappingene)

1. kidnapping

Related terms

• kidnappe
• kidnapper

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Noun

kidnapping f (definite singular kidnappinga, indefinite plural kidnappingar, definite plural kidnappingane)

1. kidnapping

Related terms

• kidnappe
• kidnappar

References

• “kidnapping” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English kidnapping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kid?napi?]

Noun

kidnapping n (uncountable)

1. (rare) kidnapping

Declension

Synonyms

• r?pire

References

• kidnapping in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Alternative forms

• hi-jack, highjack

Etymology

Possibly from a blend of highway +? jacker (“one who holds up”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha?.d?æk/

Verb

hijack (third-person singular simple present hijacks, present participle hijacking, simple past and past participle hijacked)

1. 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).
2. To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
3. (computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
4. (computing) 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).
5. (politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.

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Translations

Noun

hijack (plural hijacks)

1. An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
2. An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
3. (politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
4. (poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.

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