how to pronounce hijack

/ˈhaɪdˌʒæk/

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hijack is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hijack in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… power it allows people to hijack your …”

meaning of hijack

Hijack means to seize and take control of a vehicle or other object by force.

hijack frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hijack occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hijack can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hijack can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;

4) transport and travel;