hijacker
Plane commandeering criminal
A hijacker is someone who seizes control of a vehicle—typically an airplane, ship, or truck—by force or threat.
Airplane hijackers commandeer flights, often for political demands or terrorism.
Truck hijackers steal cargo.
The term extends to anyone who takes over something by force: Corporate raiders hijacked the company.
A carjacker is a hijacker who steals occupied vehicles.
One who seizes people
- abductorOne who takes captives
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- banditArmed roadside thief
- extortionistOne who demands payment through threats
captor · fugitive · accomplice · getaway · holdup · armed · masked · ambush
Pilot's control compartment
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- hostageCaptive held as security
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- demandsForceful requests or requirements
negotiator · flight · passengers · cabin crew · air marshal · transponder · tarmac · diversion
Indication of potential harm
- weaponInstrument for inflicting harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- demandsForceful requests or requirements
negotiation · hostage · standoff · surrender · diversion · disguise · concealment · boarding
2001 terrorist attacks
- September 112001 terrorist attacks date
- box cutterHandheld package-opening tool
- suicide missionAssignment with fatal certainty
- extremistOne holding fringe views
radical · cell · plot · martyr · militant · World Trade Center · Pentagon · Flight 93
Disguised webpage element attack
- malwareHarmful computer programs
- redirectSend in new direction
- exploitNotable act or abuse
- botnetRemotely controlled infected computers
phishing · payload · injection · spyware · account takeover · credential theft · man-in-the-middle
kidnapper
One who seizes people
extortionist · captor · fugitive · accomplice · getaway · holdup · armed · masked · ambush · roadblock
cockpit
Pilot's control compartment
demands · negotiator · flight · passengers · cabin crew · air marshal · transponder · tarmac · diversion · forced landing
threat
Indication of potential harm
- weaponInstrument for inflicting harm
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
demands · negotiation · hostage · standoff · surrender · diversion · disguise · concealment · boarding · overpowering
9/11
2001 terrorist attacks
- September 112001 terrorist attacks date
- box cutterHandheld package-opening tool
- suicide missionAssignment with fatal certainty
extremist · radical · cell · plot · martyr · militant · World Trade Center · Pentagon · Flight 93 · coordinated attack
clickjacking
Disguised webpage element attack
botnet · phishing · payload · injection · spyware · account takeover · credential theft · man-in-the-middle
- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- attackersaggressor, assailant, attacker, assaulter, ambusher
- Plundererslooter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider
- thievesthief, robber, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter
- kidnapperskidnapper, abductor, snatcher, hostage taker, captor
hijackerliberator
One who frees others
rescuer · releaser · hostage negotiator · savior · emancipator
hijackerpilot
One who steers aircraft
captain · air marshal · flight crew · copilot · security officer
- airplane hijackingCriminal seizure of aircraft
- plane hijackingForcible aircraft seizure
- aircraft hijackingSeizing a plane illegally
- phone hijackingSeizing someone's mobile remotely
- account hijackingUnauthorized seizure of credentials
- browser hijackerProgram seizing web navigation