Definition of Skyjack

1. Verb. Subject an aircraft to air piracy. "The plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan"


Definition of Skyjack

1. Verb. To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skyjack

1. to hijack an airplane [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skyjack

skyfarms
skyfed
skyfing
skyflower
skyfs
skyful
skyfuls
skyglow
skyhook
skyhooks
skyier
skyiest
skying
skyish
skyjack (current term)
skyjacked
skyjacker
skyjackers
skyjacking
skyjackings
skyjacks
skylab
skylabs
skylark
skylarked
skylarker
skylarkers
skylarking
skylarks

Literary usage of Skyjack

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List by Vladislav Krasnov (1986)
"In August 1966, three people tried to skyjack a passenger plane from Batumi, Georgia, but the pilots resisted, and in the ensuing gun battle one passenger ..."

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