aircraft piracy

aircraft piracy
air·craft piracy n
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 – called also air piracy;

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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