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Definition of Skyjackings
1. skyjacking [n] - See also: skyjacking
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skyjackings
Literary usage of Skyjackings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Soviet Defectors: The KGB Wanted List by Vladislav Krasnov (1986)
"7 skyjackings AND DEFECTIONS BY AIR (1945 TO PRESENT) 1. According to Peter
Pirogov, his own defection on October 9, 1948, was inspired by a previous escape ..."
2. Technology Against Terrorism: Structuring Security (1994)
"... apparently been effective in greatly reducing the number of weapons carried
onto aircraft, as evidenced by the reduction of skyjackings in recent years. ..."
3. Beating International Terrorism: An Action Strategy for Preemption and ...by Stephen Sloan by Stephen Sloan (1992)
"The skyjackings, bombings, hostage takings, assassinations, and other acts of
carnage continue to seize the world's headlines and reinforce a public ..."
4. Terrorist Group Profiles (1993)
"Only two international terrorist skyjackings occurred in 1986 and only one in 1987.
Particularly gratifying have been the increasingly successful ..."
5. The Economic Logic of Illegal Immigration: Council Special Report No. 26 by Gordon H. Hanson (2007)
"How many others among our eleven million 'undocumented' immigrants are ready to
carry out truck bombings, assassinations, sabotage, skyjackings? ..."