carjack
verb (used without object)
to forcibly steal a vehicle from a motorist.
carjacker
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a word derived from
carjack.
Example Sentences
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The MPD is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the at-large carjacker or conviction of these suspects.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
Holland’s heroic act wasn’t his first – in October he tracked and held down an alleged carjacker until police arrived at the scene in Texas.
From Fox News ● Mar. 16, 2022
His 2018 article in The New York Times Magazine, about his journey from teenage carjacker to working lawyer, won a National Magazine Award.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
A would-be carjacker in Albuquerque, N.M., got more than he bargained for — as in battered, bruised and held for the cops — after he tried to commandeer a car carrying four high-school football players.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2017
As for the car-jacking conviction, a private investigator discovered — just weeks before Mr. Thompson’s seventh and final scheduled execution date — a 1985 lab report revealing the apparent carjacker had Type B blood.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2017
