outlaw vs highjacker

highjacker vs outlaw

outlaw and highjacker both are nouns.

outlaw is an adjective but highjacker is not an adjective.

outlaw is a verb but highjacker is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
outlaw	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
highjacker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, highjacker is a hyponym of outlaw; that is, highjacker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than outlaw:

outlaw: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
highjacker: someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

Other hyponyms of outlaw include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

outlaw (noun)	highjacker (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
	someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination

outlaw (adjective)	highjacker (adjective)
contrary to or forbidden by law
disobedient to or defiant of law

outlaw (verb)	highjacker (verb)
declare illegal; outlaw

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