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English word hijack comes from English highway, English jacker ((archaic) One who hunts at night using a jacklight.)

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highway (English)

(rail) Any public road for vehicular traffic.. A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.

jacker (English)

(archaic) One who hunts at night using a jacklight.

hijack (English)

(computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site (to hijack a browser).. (computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.. (politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new [...]

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