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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
/ ˈɑːˌæ /
verb
- tr to attack (a driver in a car) in order to rob the driver or to steal the car for another crime
Derived Forms
- ˈˌᲹ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- je noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of carjack1
Example Sentences
He fled to a nearby parking lot and tried to carjack another driver at gunpoint but failed.
Cortez, 33, is halfway through a 24-year term for robbery, carjacking and assaulting a police officer.
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.
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.
There was vandalism, carjacking, gun charges and a steadfast refusal to walk from fights.
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