Antedating of "Hijack" / "Hijacking"

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 11, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:

> hijack, hijacking (OED 1923)
>
> 1918 _Miami District Daily News_ (Miami, Oklahoma) 19 May 4 (America's Historical Newspapers)  Mulcting four soldiers of $35 by the Joplin authorities might be termed legalized "Hijacking."
>
...which certainly suggests the illegal kind has already been widely known by then

LH

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