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- noun Plural form of
hijacker .
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Examples
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For Harold Ickes to call his fellow RBC members AND the Michigan Committee "hijackers" is utterly repulsive!
Full Michigan delegation with half-vote to be seated by Dems 2008
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As Lieutenant Zachary Garber, Washington isn't so much concerned with traffic, however, as he is stopping Travolta's character, Mr. Blue, who leads a team of subway-train hijackers that hold the riders ransom.
First Look: Denzel Washington in The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Even now, five years later, the provably false fairy tale of the "nineteen hijackers" is heard repeated again and again, and is accepted without question by so many Americans.
Top 10 Books I'd Be Reading Now If I Weren't Reading Other Books Lou Anders 2006
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I agree we should say "hijackers" - this avoids placing the ethnicity of those involved at the forefront.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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They know that the someone somewhere might mention the fact that Afghanistan was the training ground and Pakistan was the facilitator, but the majority of the hijackers were the nationals of the Kingdom.
Wajid Ali Syed: The Saudi Hollywood Makeover Wajid Ali Syed 2011
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They know that the someone somewhere might mention the fact that Afghanistan was the training ground and Pakistan was the facilitator, but the majority of the hijackers were the nationals of the Kingdom.
Wajid Ali Syed: The Saudi Hollywood Makeover Wajid Ali Syed 2011
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I'm not addressing whether or not the hijackers are the only people guilty for pulling off 9/11.
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-- Domain name hijackers are in it for the millions of dollars they can get for sales.
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Fifteen of the so-called hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, and none from Iraq, but nary a word was said about that.
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And no less than seven of the men identified as hijackers are actually alive.
saying no to war 2006
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