carjackingn.
The stealing or commandeering of an occupied car by threatening the driver with violence; theft from or abduction of a driver by such means.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > vehicle theft
joyride1909
carjacking1970
hotting1991
carjack1992
1970 Times of India 16 Sept. 1/6 The Turkish Embassy in Amman has been the victim of two ‘car-jackings’... The official limousine of the Turkish ambassador..and the private car of the Embassy First Secretary were..commande[e]red.
1987 A. Howarth Africar ii. 20/2 Years later,..I looked back on this incident as a perfect recipe for quick robbery and car-jacking.
1991 Detroit News 29 Aug. 1 a/6 Most of the motorists victimized by carjacking—armed car thefts—are city residents often attacked in their own neighborhood.
1992 Independent 13 Nov. 19/2 Carjacking has become such an epidemic that President George Bush has signed a law sentencing carjackers automatically to 15 years in jail for the crime, and life imprisonment if it involves death.
1993 Premiere Mar. 37/1 In L.A., car-jacking has surpassed drive-by shooting as the crime du jour.
2004 National Assembly Official Rep. (Republic of Kenya) 6 Apr. 117 If you have a car-jacking or matatu hijacking, there will be a rape incident.
Derivatives
ˈcarjack v. [as a back-formation]
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [verb (transitive)] > vehicle theft
carnap1937
carjack1991
1991 Economist 14 Sept. 46/1 In the past six weeks more than 300 drivers have been carjacked in Detroit.
1992 Washington Times 6 Oct. b2/4 ‘If your car's being carjacked, give the car up,’ Mr Schaefer said. ‘Don't fight back.’
2002 R. R. M. Coleman Say it Loud! 253 They carjacked Pearson at gunpoint, kidnapped him, and took his vehicle.
ˈcarjack n. [as a back-formation]
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > vehicle theft
joyride1909
carjacking1970
hotting1991
carjack1992
1992 Daily Tel. 31 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) p. xxv/4 New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit and Washington have all reported significant rises in carjacks in the past 12 months.
2011 M. Savage Abuse of Power (2012) vi. 84 He was arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting the carjack.
ˈcarjacker n. [as a back-formation]
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > vehicle theft > one who steals vehicles
carnapper1945
carjacker1974
hotter1991
1974 Idaho Free Press 14 Oct. a2 (cartoon) What, Vera! The head car-jacker wore this?
1991 Detroit News 29 Aug. 1 a/2 In a week ending Aug. 25, at least 40 people fell prey to carjackers, weapon wielding car thieves.
2008 M. Glennie McMafia ix. 195 Carjackers would look out for specific makes and models of vehicles and move only when one came into view.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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