Übersetzungen für „highjack“ im Englisch » Deutsch-Wörterbuch

ˈhigh·jack VERB trans

highjack → hijack

Siehe auch: hijack

I . hi·jack [ˈhaɪʤæk] VERB trans

to hijack a plane

ein Flugzeug entführen

übtr to hijack sb's ideas/plans

jds Ideen/Pläne klauen ugs

II . hi·jack [ˈhaɪʤæk] SUBST

hijack

Entführung f

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

A number of international flights were highjacked in attempts to flee the country and its economic problems.

en.wikipedia.org

These individuals highjack conversations by interrupting and refocusing the talk back to them.

psychcentral.com

He didn't try to highjack anything or make it about himself.

www.bbc.co.uk

They are of the view that it has the propensity to give multinational companies the leverage to highjack crops' seed breeding.

www.ghanaweb.com

Spontaneous order is no longer spontaneous when the pricing mechanism is highjacked by human design.

www.marketoracle.co.uk

How do we inform the public if the discussion is highjacked by circular, jargon-filled rhetoric and remains the preserve of academics and officials?

www.stuff.co.nz

It all points to greater instability ahead, especially combined with continuing political disaffection among opposition groups which suspect the armed forced of plotting to highjack the revolution.

www.rferl.org

Because we are myopic in nature and often highjacked by the same evolutionary mechanism that determines some of the most idiotic automatic behaviour.

www.lifehacker.com.au

One does, however, have to be mindful of technology being highjacked for nefarious purposes.

www.gizmag.com

And, uh, just for the record, my body was highjacked by a 14-year-old girl.

www.macleans.ca