skyjack — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers and/or crew members.

Noun

1. Synonym of scissor lift.

   Examples

   Concrete was placed continuously, with an observer in a skyjack above the column communicating with the pump operator to avoid overfilling[...]

   A skyjack—a thirty-foot-high filming platform that rises on a hydraulic scissors lift—is in place, with a cameraman overseeing the practice.

Verb

1. subject an aircraft to air piracy

   Broader terms

   commandeerhijackhighjackpirate

   Examples

   the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan