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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SKYJACK

From sky + hijack.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SKYJACK

skyjack  [ˈskaɪˌdʒæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKYJACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skyjack is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb skyjack in English.

WHAT DOES SKYJACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

skyjack

Aircraft hijacking

Aircraft hijacking is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group. In most cases, the pilot is forced to fly according to the orders of the hijackers. Occasionally, however, the hijackers have flown the aircraft themselves, such as the September 11 attacks of 2001. In at least three cases, the plane was hijacked by the official pilot or co-pilot. Unlike the typical hijackings of land vehicles or ships, skyjacking is not usually committed for robbery or theft. Most aircraft hijackers intend to use the passengers as hostages, either for monetary ransom or for some political or administrative concession by authorities. Motives vary from demanding the release of certain inmates, highlighting the grievances of a particular community to political asylum. Hijackers also have used aircraft as a weapon to target particular locations. Hijackings for hostages commonly produce an armed standoff during a period of negotiation between hijackers and authorities, followed by some form of settlement. Settlements do not always meet the hijackers' original demands.

Definition of skyjack in the English dictionary

The definition of skyjack in the dictionary is to commandeer, usually at gunpoint during flight, forcing the pilot to fly somewhere other than to the scheduled destination.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SKYJACK

PRESENT

Present
I skyjack
you skyjack
he/she/it skyjacks
we skyjack
you skyjack
they skyjack
Present continuous
I am skyjacking
you are skyjacking
he/she/it is skyjacking
we are skyjacking
you are skyjacking
they are skyjacking
Present perfect
I have skyjacked
you have skyjacked
he/she/it has skyjacked
we have skyjacked
you have skyjacked
they have skyjacked
Present perfect continuous
I have been skyjacking
you have been skyjacking
he/she/it has been skyjacking
we have been skyjacking
you have been skyjacking
they have been skyjacking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I skyjacked
you skyjacked
he/she/it skyjacked
we skyjacked
you skyjacked
they skyjacked
Past continuous
I was skyjacking
you were skyjacking
he/she/it was skyjacking
we were skyjacking
you were skyjacking
they were skyjacking
Past perfect
I had skyjacked
you had skyjacked
he/she/it had skyjacked
we had skyjacked
you had skyjacked
they had skyjacked
Past perfect continuous
I had been skyjacking
you had been skyjacking
he/she/it had been skyjacking
we had been skyjacking
you had been skyjacking
they had been skyjacking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will skyjack
you will skyjack
he/she/it will skyjack
we will skyjack
you will skyjack
they will skyjack
Future continuous
I will be skyjacking
you will be skyjacking
he/she/it will be skyjacking
we will be skyjacking
you will be skyjacking
they will be skyjacking
Future perfect
I will have skyjacked
you will have skyjacked
he/she/it will have skyjacked
we will have skyjacked
you will have skyjacked
they will have skyjacked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been skyjacking
you will have been skyjacking
he/she/it will have been skyjacking
we will have been skyjacking
you will have been skyjacking
they will have been skyjacking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would skyjack
you would skyjack
he/she/it would skyjack
we would skyjack
you would skyjack
they would skyjack
Conditional continuous
I would be skyjacking
you would be skyjacking
he/she/it would be skyjacking
we would be skyjacking
you would be skyjacking
they would be skyjacking
Conditional perfect
I would have skyjack
you would have skyjack
he/she/it would have skyjack
we would have skyjack
you would have skyjack
they would have skyjack
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been skyjacking
you would have been skyjacking
he/she/it would have been skyjacking
we would have been skyjacking
you would have been skyjacking
they would have been skyjacking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you skyjack
we let´s skyjack
you skyjack
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to skyjack
Past participle
skyjacked
Present Participle
skyjacking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKYJACK


amberjack
ˈæmbəˌdʒæk
applejack
ˈæpəlˌdʒæk
blackjack
ˈblækˌdʒæk
bluejack
ˈbluːˌdʒæk
bootjack
ˈbuːtˌdʒæk
carjack
ˈkɑːˌdʒæk
crackajack
ˈkrækəˌdʒæk
crackerjack
ˈkrækəˌdʒæk
flapjack
ˈflæpˌdʒæk
highjack
ˈhaɪˌdʒæk
hijack
ˈhaɪˌdʒæk
lumberjack
ˈlʌmbəˌdʒæk
manjack
ˈmænˌdʒæk
muntjac
ˈmʌntˌdʒæk
muntjak
ˈmʌntˌdʒæk
natterjack
ˈnætəˌdʒæk
skipjack
ˈskɪpˌdʒæk
slapjack
ˈslæpˌdʒæk
steeplejack
ˈstiːpəlˌdʒæk
supplejack
ˈsʌpəlˌdʒæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKYJACK

skydiver
skydiving
Skye
Skye terrier
skyer
skyey
skyf
skyhome
skyhook
skyish
skyjacker
skyjacking
Skylab
skylark
skylarker
skylarking
skylight
skylight filter
skylighted
skylike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKYJACK

antihijack
black skipjack
bottle-jack
cheap-jack
every man jack
half-jack
jack
jumping jack
lancejack
man jack
phone-jack
roasting jack
screw jack
smokejack
the jack
whipjack
whisky-jack
yellow jack

Synonyms and antonyms of skyjack in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «skyjack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKYJACK

Find out the translation of skyjack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skyjack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skyjack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

SKYJACK
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

skyjack
570 millions of speakers

English

skyjack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Skyjack
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

SKYJACK
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Skyjack
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

skyjack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিমান ছিনতাই করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pirater un avion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skyjack
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entführen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

SKYJACK
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

SKYJACK
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skyjack
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

skyjack
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

skyjack
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कायजॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uçak kaçırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dirottare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skyjack
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Skyjack
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Skyjack
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

SKYJACK
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skyjack
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

skyjack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Skyjack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skyjack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKYJACK»

The term «skyjack» is regularly used and occupies the 76.221 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKYJACK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «skyjack» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «skyjack» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skyjack

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKYJACK»

Discover the use of skyjack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skyjack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Skyjack: The Hunt for D. B. Cooper
With explosive new information and exclusive access to FBI files and forensic evidence, Skyjack reopens one of the great cold cases of the 20th century. From the Hardcover edition.
Geoffrey Gray, 2011
2
Skyjack!
When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened.
Tim Vicary, 2000
3
Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 3: Skyjack!
Word count 8,685 Bestseller
Tim Vicary, 2007
4
Driven to Succeed: How Frank Hasenfratz Grew Linamar from ...
years. After breaking even in 2001, Skyjack lost $34 million the following year. Skyjack plants were shut down for more than three months and employment cut by about half to 530. Plants were closed in Kansas and Germany with production  ...
Rod McQueen, Susan M. Papp, 2012
5
Middle Eastern Terrorism: From Black September to September 11
The Skyjack Sunday operation in September 1970 was the most spectacular of all. It would not be for another three decades — until 9/11 — that terrorists managed to synchronize the hijacking of four jets and hold the world in thrall to the ...
Mark Ensalaco, 2008
6
Air Sea Rescue During the Siege of Malta: An eyewitness ...
A. New. Stripe. and. the. World's. First. Skyjack! July. 1942. Back at St. Paul's Bay I was called into the office to see the Skipper, Eric Price, who told me that I was to go down to Kalafrana on board our ST280 that needed an overhaul but I ...
Bill Jackson, 2010
7
Encyclopedia of World Crime: S-Z ; Supplements
May 15: Deborah L- Crawford attempted to skyjack a United B-737 en route from Eugene, Ore., to San Francisco with eighty people aboard. Claiming she had a knife, she forbade the pilot landing in San Francisco. She was hospitalized.
Jay Robert Nash, 1990
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Terrorism in the 1980s
The code-name 'Islamic Jihad' was used less frequently after this TWA skyjack. Operation 'Golden Rod' In the aftermath, the US Administration expressed its displeasure with the French for not arresting Imad Mughniyah, a Hezbollah suspect ...
Edgar O'Ballance, 1989
9
Caution: You're about to Be Prolerized: The Memoirs of ...
Sam "the Alchemist" Proler created his American Dream from nothing more than ambition, sweat, and chutzpah-and this is his story.Born to poor, newly immigrated parents in 1917, Proler is a first-generation American who made the most of the ...
Alan B. Berkowitz, 2011
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The Last Flight: A Pilot Remembers the Air Force and the ...
Writing from the vantage position of being a part of the nucleus and foundation member of the Nigerian Air Force and later an active air combatant in the Nigeria-Biafra air war, Captain Okpe gives a robust and exciting account as well as ...
Captain August Okpe, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKYJACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skyjack is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Skyking goes 100 percent Skyjack
“I'm not nervous that I've invested 100 percent of our money in Skyjack equipment — I'm nervous that I don't have more of them,” said Paul Zaremba, one of the ... «KHL Group, Jul 15»
2
Skyjack 30 for 30 project in Singapore
Skyjack has completed its first 30 for 30 Partners project in Asia, assisting the Muhammadiyah Welfare Home (MWH) in Singapore for its 50th anniversary ... «Vertikal.net, Jul 15»
3
Skyjack Goes for Gold at Baku Olympic Stadium
A customer of Skyjack has recently completed a contract to supply 22 SJIII 4632s to aid in the building of Azerbaijan's Olympic Stadium, situated in the country's ... «ForConstructionPros.com, Jun 15»
4
Skyjack Unveils New Booms and Charitable Campaign at Rental …
Skyjack's new SJ86 T telescopic boom is the company's largest and features a working height of 92 feet and horizontal outreach of 76 feet, 10 inches. «Rental Equipment Register, Feb 15»
5
Skyjack and United Rentals Partner to Support Military Veterans
Linamar Corporation's Skyjack Division has partnered with United Rentals to participate in a Jobs for Veterans effort called STEP (Service-to-Employment ... «ForConstructionPros.com, Nov 14»
6
Pink Skyjack helps save endangered cucumber tree
The University of Guelph has enlisted a Skyjack aerial work platform (AWP) to preserve a rare cucumber tree, the first tree in Canada to be listed as endangered. «Construction Week Online, Oct 14»
7
Skyjack expands sales team
Quint has been promoted from mid-Atlantic territory manager having joined Skyjack in 2011, following five years with Snorkel and five years with Omniquip. «Vertikal.net, Sep 14»
8
Speedy to buy over 1000 Skyjack access platforms
Skyjacks are industry-leading machines that are widely recognised as the easiest to work on, so I am delighted to welcome so many to our fleet and I'm ... «Construction Week Online, Aug 14»
9
Two Skyjack Vertical Masts Light Up Bonhams Auctioneers
Linamar Corporation's Skyjack division is helping Bonhams auction house keep its flagship salesroom running in London. Two SJ 16 self-propelled vertical ... «ForConstructionPros.com, Aug 14»
10
Skyjack Telescopic Boom Used to Repair Historic Windmill
Linamar Corporation's Skyjack division helped to repair a 19th century windmill using a SJ 66T telescopic boom lift at the Avoncroft Museum in Worcestershire, ... «ForConstructionPros.com, Jul 14»

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