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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of highjack.

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Examples

  • Adams accuses dissidents of hijacking republican movement | BreakingNews. ieThe only thing dissidents have highjacked is Irish peoples vehicles which they burn on the side of the street.

    Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52 2009

  • Even if Hillary had those 4 'highjacked' delegates – more generously - even if she got Michigan's delegates and Obama got none, Obama would still be ahead and would most likely cross the finish line on Tuesday.

    Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!' 2008

  • OpEdNews could never be "highjacked" by any faction, there's far too many different people and positions represented here to justify such a concern.

    OpEdNews - Diary: Some Truth For A Change 2009

  • I'm glad to hear you say this, because a Christian has finally realized that his religion can be "highjacked" for the wrong reasons.

    More (Lots More) Nude Christian Calendars JDsg 2005

  • I'm glad to hear you say this, because a Christian has finally realized that his religion can be "highjacked" for the wrong reasons.

    Archive 2005-12-01 JDsg 2005

  • 'highjacked' useing my code name "C" … those of you who have read my posts; know that my comments never have profanity in them!

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Secondly, while I agree that gangsters, being gangsters, are just going to find other socially destructive ways to maintain their income (we've seen truckloads of beans and shrimp highjacked here in Sinaloa), the 400,000 or so that depend in some measure on the narcotics export business are going to need to find other ways to support their families.

    legalizing drug user possession 2009

  • The GOP has been highjacked largely by white southerners and evangelical protestants who have no room for the rest of us.

    First on the Ticker: GOP heckler blasted by 2010 challenger 2009

  • I qualify this by the fact that the human scum that occupies the highest offices in our country highjacked the legacy of a once great nation, carrying on only as facade the spirit of the Republic, hiding behind laws that they have twisted to suit their purposes, and used your hard work and ingenuity as a hammer with which to beat you down and keep you down.

    Oh, Poor Judge Bybee! « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • Secondly, while I agree that gangsters, being gangsters, are just going to find other socially destructive ways to maintain their income (we've seen truckloads of beans and shrimp highjacked here in Sinaloa), the 400,000 or so that depend in some measure on the narcotics export business are going to need to find other ways to support their families.

    legalizing drug user possession 2009

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