Isaac Yeffet

There is only so much negotiating and maneuvering that can be done while the aircraft is under siege in mid-air. Therefore, the best way to put a stop to hijacking is by having high levels of security implemented by qualified and trained personnel both on the ground and in the air.

Israeli Public Servant

Oriana Fallaci

The more democratic and open a society is, the more it's exposed to terrorism. The more a country is free, not governed by a police regime, the more it risks hijackings or massacres like the ones that took place for many years in Italy and Germany and other parts of Europe.

Italian Journalist

Lucas Till

My dad's nickname was MacGyver when we were kids. He'd hijack my projects all the time. When I got older, he would not do it as much... but he would just end up hijacking the whole thing. You should see the look in his eyes when he gets to create stuff.

American Actor

Brendan I. Koerner

In the early years of America's skyjacking epidemic, the airlines were reluctant to let the FBI attempt to end hijackings by force; they feared that innocents would get caught in the crossfire, thereby sparking a wave of negative publicity.

American Author

Hugh Shelton

Of course, you always have to be concerned about hijacking. But with the measures that are in place right now, I'd say that probably the airways are as safe as they've been in a good number of years.

American Soldier

Michael Moore

How could a guy sitting in a cave in Afghanistan, have... plotted so perfectly the hijacking of four planes and then guaranteed that three of them would end up precisely on their targets?

American Activist

Andrew Weil

The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive.

American Scientist

Sucheta Dalal

India is no stranger to crises - wars, hijackings, plane crashes - we have seen them all.

Richard Dawkins

A triumph of consciousness-raising has been the homosexual hijacking of the word 'gay.

English Scientist

Eric Yuan

Hijacking other's meetings or classrooms - this is online crime.

American Businessman

Hijacking in this sense involves physical force or threats to gain control.

Forceful Takeover

The act is criminal and usually aims to achieve an illegal or wrongful purpose.

Illegal Intent

Hijackings are high-risk situations that can escalate to national crises or emergencies.

Crisis Scenario

Here, hijacking means diverting a discussion or activity towards a different agenda.

Topic Diversion

This use indicates taking over control by dominating the conversation or event.

Dominating Control

Hijacking cargo means stealing goods while they're being moved from one place to another.

Theft in Transit

This form of hijacking often targets high-value items like electronics, jewelry, or designer clothes.

Specific Targets

In computing, hijacking refers to unauthorized control over digital systems, posing serious security risks.

Cybersecurity Threat

Computer hijacking is often done to steal data or disrupt operations, usually with harmful intentions.

Malicious Purpose

 sometimes through an intermediate species. Our parasites elegantly achieve this by manipulating their host's behavior, sometimes through direct brain hijacking. For example, this is the Gordian worm. One of its hosts, this cricket.

How parasites change...

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Yuval Noah Harari...

 he holds the bare ends of two wires threatening to blow up the plane unless his demands are met the hijacking is