piggybacked

Verb

piggyback (third-person singular simple present piggybacks, present participle piggybacking, simple past and past participle piggybacked)

1. (transitive) To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.
2. (transitive) To ride on someone's back or shoulders.
3. (ambitransitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
   • They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.
4. (Internet, transitive) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
5. (Internet, transitive) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
6. (transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway wagon.
   • American railroads are not permitted to operate long-haul road routes, but the I.C.C. decision of 1954 did permit them to solicit trailer business in, say, New York for Chicago provided the trailer was piggybacked in between.1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683

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