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carjack
[ kahr-jak ]
verb (used without object)
- to forcibly steal a vehicle from a motorist.
verb (used with object)
- to forcibly steal (a vehicle), or to victimize (a driver) in this way.
carjack
/ ˈkɑːˌdʒæk /
verb
- tr to attack (a driver in a car) in order to rob the driver or to steal the car for another crime
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Derived Forms
- ˈcarˌjacker, noun
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Other Words From
- carjacker noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carjack1
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Example Sentences
Police said that they believe Thomas was shot in a domestic dispute and that her assailant later carjacked a vehicle in Prince George’s County and led police on a pursuit back into the District.
She said the county has seen a decrease in commercial robberies while carjacking incidents spiked over the past year and a half as the coronavirus pandemic closed businesses and schools across the region.
In one of that day’s carjackings, according to Montgomery County court records, the teen was allegedly driving a carjacked Volkswagen Tiguan SUV with two others when they spotted a target along East-West Highway in Silver Spring.
Two weeks later, according to police, Greene-Parker, Myles and two unknown men carjacked an Infiniti in Silver Spring, police said.
I did not carjack or shoot anyone on the way, just so you know the pre-Grand Theft Auto baseline.
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