Definition of Carjack

1. Verb. Take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it. "My car was carjacked last night!"

Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Commandeer, Highjack, Hijack, Pirate
Derivative terms: Carjacking

Definition of Carjack

1. Verb. To steal an automobile forcibly from someone. ¹

2. Verb. To forcibly steal some vehicle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carjack

1. to steal a vehicle from its driver by force [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carjack

cariosity
cariostat
cariostatic
cariostatic agent
cariostats
carious
carisoprodate
carisoprodol
carissa
carissa plum
carissin
caritas
caritases
caritive case
caritive cases
carjack (current term)
carjacked
carjacker
carjackers
carjacking
carjackings
carjacks
carjacou
carjacous
cark
cark it
carkanet
carkanets
carked
carking

Literary usage of Carjack

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Renaissance, the Protestant Revolution and the Catholic Reformation in by Edward Maslin Hulme (1914)
"It was they who invented the carjack, the first vessel capable of making a long voyage of several months far out at sea. In these new vessels they explored ..."

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