Usually means: Illegally seize control of vehicle.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. highjack: Merriam-Webster
  2. highjack: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. highjack: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. highjack: Collins English Dictionary
  5. highjack: Vocabulary.com
  6. highjack: Wordnik
  7. highjack: Wiktionary
  8. highjack: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. highjack: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. highjack: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. highjack: Dictionary.com
  12. highjack: Rhymezone
  13. highjack: FreeDictionary.org
  14. highjack: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. highjack: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. highjack: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. highjack: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Highjack: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See highjacking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Highjack)

noun:  Alternative spelling of hijack [An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of hijack [To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).]

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