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Recent Examples of carjacker
Sadness, shock, and anger manifested at a vigil in Mattapan Tuesday night, as the community prayed for the woman who was hit and killed during an alleged carjacker's reckless escape attempt last Saturday.
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Tammy Mutasa,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The man matching the description of the carjacker was found running away from the last car reported stolen, MDSO said, near Southwest 152nd Avenue and Sunset Drive.
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David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
The men running to the car were trying to extract the carjacker from a woman’s Buick.
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Julio Ojeda-Zapata,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
Elizabeth Diane Downs shot all three of her kids and then claimed a carjacker was responsible for the brutal act.
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Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
19 May 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Tammy Mutasa,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
The man matching the description of the carjacker was found running away from the last car reported stolen, MDSO said, near Southwest 152nd Avenue and Sunset Drive.
—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2026
The men running to the car were trying to extract the carjacker from a woman’s Buick.
—
Julio Ojeda-Zapata,
Twin Cities,
31 May 2026
Elizabeth Diane Downs shot all three of her kids and then claimed a carjacker was responsible for the brutal act.
—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
19 May 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.
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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.
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Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjacker
Noun
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The incident, which was part of a double-whammy of violent encounters for the hijacker that day, was preventable and should have been better controlled, according to a wrongful-death suit filed by Jazzmyn Byrd, the daughter of a man who was shot during the hijacking.
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The hijacker was killed when Turkish commandos stormed the airliner and freed the 40 passengers and crew.
Noun
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In February, a stowaway was arrested after he was allegedly found floating in a Puerto Rican harbor with 789 pounds of cocaine.
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There was defender Jules Koundé, who toted a Louis Vuitton monogrammed duffel, followed by forward Ousmane Dembélé, who sported an Hermès Haut à Courroies—sometimes referred to as an HAC—in black leather and big enough to carry a stowaway.
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“Carjacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacker. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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