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Recent Examples of carjacker
The second carjacker, Kenneth Merritt, 29, also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced on June 9.
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Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
His predecessor, Robert Devlin, had filed criminal charges against Brian North, a state trooper who fatally shot a carjacker armed with a knife as the man sat in a locked car at the end of a high-speed chase on I-95.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
That premonition rings true when his parents (Tara Buckman, Geoff Hansen) are slaughtered by a carjacker dressed as Old Saint Nick himself (Charles Dierkop) just hours later, condemning the toddler into further moral compass trauma at an orphanage run by a domineering Mother Superior nun from Hell.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
An unidentified off-duty police officer and two family members were carjacked, and the carjacker suspect fled in the officer's personal vehicle.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Gill was waiting to pick up his wife from work when an armed carjacker opened fire in broad daylight.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
His predecessor, Robert Devlin, had filed criminal charges against Brian North, a state trooper who fatally shot a carjacker armed with a knife as the man sat in a locked car at the end of a high-speed chase on I-95.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
That premonition rings true when his parents (Tara Buckman, Geoff Hansen) are slaughtered by a carjacker dressed as Old Saint Nick himself (Charles Dierkop) just hours later, condemning the toddler into further moral compass trauma at an orphanage run by a domineering Mother Superior nun from Hell.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
An unidentified off-duty police officer and two family members were carjacked, and the carjacker suspect fled in the officer's personal vehicle.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Gill was waiting to pick up his wife from work when an armed carjacker opened fire in broad daylight.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjacker
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The hijacker was killed when Turkish commandos stormed the airliner and freed the 40 passengers and crew.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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When the trailer truck arrived at the Cornwall warehouse, employees in logistics and asset protection discovered the unexpected stowaway and safely secured it.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Using the text as a base, this piece tells the story of an unlikely bond — a ship’s Captain harboring a stowaway accused of murder —through a mix of words, dance, music, sound, and art installation.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Carjacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacker. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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