Hijacking

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hijacking
       adj : stopping and stealing or stealing from a vehicle in transit;
             "hijacking gangs after truckloads of cigarettes"
       n : robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing
           control of a vehicle by the use of force [syn: {highjacking}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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