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Definition skyjacking in British English

skyjacking noun

noun
1

the hijacking of an aeroplane

Example

The Fazio brothers received some unwanted attention back in February 1980 when, nine years after the Cooper skyjacking, an eight-year-old boy called Brian Ingram, whose family had been given permission to camp on the beach, found three packets of the Cooper ransom money, still bundled up in rubber bands.

Definition skyjacking in British English