carjack

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Recent Examples of carjack The teens allegedly attempted to carjack him and a woman, whom police identified as his significant other, according to authorities. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjack
Verb
  • Somewhere along the way, it was hijacked — people turned into export cargo.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • What about plain-Jane organic sheep who’ve been hijacked by a grapefruit-size eyeball with tentacles?
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history still baffles the FBI and amateur sleuths.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
Verb
  • There is a First World War U-boat that somehow glides from underneath Lake Michigan all the way to Croatia, commandeered by its captain, post-Armistice, for new and clandestine uses.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Now, Samsung is commandeering some of the screens already set up in homes to display ads.
    Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Carjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjack. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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