单词 | -jacking |
释义 | -jackingcomb. form colloquial. Forming nouns (sometimes ad hoc formations) corresponding to nouns and verbs formed with -jack comb. form. ΚΠ 1974 Washington Post 25 Aug. c7/1 Drugs are being smuggled into the United States through vicious ‘yacht-jackings’ that have left murdered crews in their wakes. 1975 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 24 Jan. 12/3 The individual who makes a habit of deer-jacking can't continue to escape detection and prosecution. 1998 Newsweek 22 June 6/4 In Detroit, they call it ‘crack-jacking’..: an addict low on cash lends a dealer a car in exchange for more drugs. When the dealer doesn't return the car at the agreed time, the irate addict reports the missing vehicle—as a carjacking. 2002 Observer 22 Sept. i. 19/4 A new type of offence—‘phone-jacking’—has become the number one street crime. Almost 1 million phones are stolen every year. 2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 126 Next, the replay of George Teague's miraculous, come-from-behind ball-jacking of a Miami receiver in the '93 Sugar Bowl. 2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 4 Jan. b2/3 A common social-spam attack on Facebook, known as ‘like-jacking’, involves duping users into clicking on an image or link that looks as if a friend has clicked the ‘Like’ button, recommending it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1974 |
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