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noun

Definition of stowaway

as in hijacker

someone who hides on a ship, airplane, etc., in order to travel without paying or being seen A stowaway was discovered on the ship.

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Noun

The recovery follows the removal of black and brown rats that had accidentally arrived on the island as stowaways on ships and shipwrecks. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 In February, a stowaway was arrested after he was allegedly found floating in a Puerto Rican harbor with 789 pounds of cocaine. — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 12 June 2026

Verb

For her part, Gianina is just trying to stow away enough earnings to support her daughter, Maria (Sofia Dragoman), who lives with her grandmother (Liliana Ghita) in a grimly anonymous village in the countryside, and to save for an anticipated Christmas reunion in Romania. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 June 2026 Please make sure to keep your firearms safe and stowed away, and make double sure, triple sure that children can't get their hands on firearms. — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for stowaway

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Noun

Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the UAE are investigating the hijacker to uncover the key questions surrounding the suspect’s identity, motive, and how a weapon entered the cockpit.

— Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
The incident, which was part of a double-whammy of violent encounters for the hijacker that day, was preventable and should have been better controlled, according to a wrongful-death suit filed by Jazzmyn Byrd, the daughter of a man who was shot during the hijacking.

— Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 June 2026

Definition of hijacker

Verb

After his discharge from the air force, Cormac McCarthy had hitchhiked around the country for a few months.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Weeks later, George and Louise hitchhiked 10 miles to the station; Louise’s husband had taken the car to work.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of hitchhike

Verb

Neon seems to be thumbing its nose at its biggest rival A24 by planning a competing horror film based on the online universe of writing called the SCP Foundation.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
This is an entire class of wealthy and unaccountable men thumbing their noses at the American public.

— Abigail Disney, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of thumb

Verb

Critics argue that the law has been hijacked by NIMBY activists without real environmental concerns.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
In an indirect prompt injection, an attacker hides instructions in content an AI agent will come across while doing a task—a web page or a forum post, for instance—hoping to hijack the agent.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of hijack

Verb

His appointment was viewed with surprise in local political circles, where some questioned why a progressive mayor like Bass, with a background in community organizing, would hitch her fortunes to a law-and-order chief.

— Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
For programmers, hitching their wagon to a large-scale tech platform is often worth giving up consumer data and revenue.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

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