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n. The seizure of control of a vehicle while it is in transit, either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
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n. robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
Word Usage
"After all, the so-called highjacking of the reward system is not itself a neurochemical process; it is a process whereby neurochemical events get entrained within in a larger pattern of action and decision making."