hijacker

[US]/ˈhaɪdʒækə(r)/
[UK]/ˈhaɪdʒækər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. røver; kidnapper.
Word Forms
Pluralhijackers

Phrases & Collocations

airplane hijacker

flykaprer

armed hijacker

bevæbnet kaprer

car hijacker

bilkaprer

Example Sentences

We advised the hijackers to surrender themselves to the police.

Vi rådede kaprerne til at overgive sig til politiet.

The price exacted by the hijackers for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.

Den pris, som kaprerne krævede for at løslade gidslerne, var umådelig høj.

The hijackers were armed with hand grenades.

Kaprerne var bevæbnede med håndgranater.

One of the hostages was foolhardy enough to try to wrest the gun from the hijacker's hand.

En af gidslerne var dumdristig nok til at forsøge at tvinge pistolen ud af kaprerens hånd.

Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.

Interpol har søgt hele jordens hjørner efter de flygtige kaprere.

A rescue mission was launched amid lurid stories of armed hijackers, alleged boardings, ransom notes and claims that the Russian mafia were forcing the crew to smuggle drugs or guns.

En redningsaktion blev iværksat midt i skandaløse historier om bevæbnede kaprere, påståede bordinger, løsesumsanmodninger og påstande om, at den russiske mafia tvang besætningen til at smugle stoffer eller våben.

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