Aircraft piracy

Definition - Noun
1  : the hijacking of an aircraft esp. in flight
specif
: the act of seizing control of an aircraft by force, violence, threat, or intimidation with wrongful intent
2  : the felony of hijacking or seizing control of an aircraft



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