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Word: highjack (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...Douglas looks plain uncomfortable, and well he might. He gets caught under collapsing tents, heads a sandy downhill charge sitting on skis made from barrel staves, finally leads his men-all wearing nothing but droopy long underwear-in a rampageous free-for-all with renegades who are trying to highjack a shipment of Union gold. Bringing the Civil War era to life in Mack Sennett style calls for a tricky blend of taste and ingenuity that few have tried since Buster Keaton's The General, a silent classic of 1926. In Rear, a whole platoon of actors work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Union Blue Comedy | 6/26/1964 | See Source »

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