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carjack

[ kahr-jak ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to forcibly steal a vehicle from a motorist.


verb (used with object)

  1. to forcibly steal (a vehicle), or to victimize (a driver) in this way.

carjack

/ ˈɑːˌæ /

verb

  1. tr to attack (a driver in a car) in order to rob the driver or to steal the car for another crime
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌᲹ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • je noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of carjack1

1990-95; blend of car 1 + hijack
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of carjack1

C20: car + ( hi ) jack
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He fled to a nearby parking lot and tried to carjack another driver at gunpoint but failed.

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Cortez, 33, is halfway through a 24-year term for robbery, carjacking and assaulting a police officer.

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He is not legally allowed to possess firearms or ammunition because of previous felony convictions in Los Angeles Superior Court for carjacking and possession of drugs in prison.

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Then, before she could come to terms with the life-changing event, her boyfriend, Jason, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for a violent carjacking and shooting incident.

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There was vandalism, carjacking, gun charges and a steadfast refusal to walk from fights.

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