Illustration: In a community hall, two adults stand behind a small puppet theater during rehearsal. One has abruptly squeezed into the central operating position, taken both puppet control rods and nudged the original puppeteer sideways with an elbow.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

乗のっ取とる

nottoru

to seize, to take over

Example sentences

  1. 俺おれのアカウントが乗のっ取とられたみたいでさ、身みに覚おぼえのない投稿とうこうがされてるんだ。

    I think someone broke into my account, because I don’t remember making this post.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 汚きたない手てで会社かいしゃを乗のっ取とったものの、腹心ふくしんだと思おもっていた部下ぶかに裏切うらぎられ、因果応報いんがおうほうだね。

    When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ただし、これは後ごに織田家おだかの権力けんりょくを乗のっ取とった秀吉ひでよしによる、信長のぶながの印象操作いんしょうそうさであるとの見方みかたもできる。

    However, this could also be interpreted as an attempt by Hideyoshi to manipulate the image of Nobunaga after he assumed control of the Oda family.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 乗取

  • 乗ride; powerOnジョウ・ショウKunのる・のせる
  • 取takeOnシュKunとる・とり・とり-

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