carjack

To carjack is to steal a car by hitting the victim's vehicle with another car, and then forcing the victim to get out of the car.

(verb)

An example of to carjack is for a fleeing bank robber to hit a car at a red light and then run over to the car that was hit, demanding that the driver get out of the car, and then driving off with the damaged car.

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See carjack in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or car-jack

transitive verb car·jacked or car-jacked, car·jack·ing or car-jack·ing, car·jacks or car-jacks
To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users.

Origin:

Origin: car

Origin: + (hi)jack

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Related Forms:

  • carˈjackˌer noun
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