Definition of "skyjack" [skyjack]

• To subject (an aircraft) to air piracy. (verb-transitive)

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• "The bigger potential is that a person could "skyjack" a new AP by getting the AP to connect to a controller that is outside of the enterprise."
• "In the 1960s, as terrorists began seizing control of airliners, the verb skyjack was coined, but it has since fallen into disuse."
• "We now realized how porous our security is, how easy it is to get on an airplane with a weapon that can be used to skyjack a plane."