Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).

    Someone should carjack that pompous jerk and teach him a lesson!

  2. (transitive)To forcibly steal (a vehicle).

    These twerps have carjacked their last Mercedes.

More definitions
  • take someone's car from them by force, usually with the intention of stealing it

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Tom was carjacked.

    deTom wurde das Auto mit Gewalt weggenommen.

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  2. I was carjacked.

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  3. Tom wasn't carjacked.

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  4. The sheriff said the victim was carjacked at gunpoint on Park Street.

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  5. Layla was tried for carjacking.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

* Blend of car + hijack

* Blend of car + hijack

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Forms

carjacks, carjacking, carjacked, carjacked
Base formcarjack · to carjack
3rd person singularcarjacks
Present participlecarjacking
Past simplecarjacked
Past participlecarjacked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycarjack
he, she, itcarjacks

Past simpleLesson

all personscarjacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave carjacked
he, she, ithas carjacked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill carjack

Synonyms

1 synonyms
hijackB2

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcarjacking
Derivedcarjacker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
caricaturecaricaturistcariocacarlcarmine
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