HIJACK in a Sentence

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Gangs have hijacked trucks at gunpoint as well as siphoned fuel directly from pipelines that crisscross the country.

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 Meanings and Examples of HIJACK
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hijack
 v.  stop and rob a vehicle in transit; seize control of by use of force
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Example Sentence:
1  If you attempt to hijack or otherwise destroy this aircraft, we encourage your fellow passengers to remove you from your seat and beat you until you are dead.
2  The investigation into Kerim Chatty will continue but prosecutors said the belief that he was trying to hijack the plane is now not so strong.
3  The terrorists are threatening to blow up the hijacked airliner.
4  Last year more than a hundred ships were hijacked by pirates in Indonesian waters, a reflection of the growing lawlessness in the rest of the country.
5  Gangs have hijacked trucks at gunpoint as well as siphoned fuel directly from pipelines that crisscross the country.
6  The airliner was hijacked by a group of terrorists.
7  They tried to hush up the matter they hijacked a lorry driver.