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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Even the area where a former DOGE staffer was assaulted while intervening in an unarmed carjacking - an example of violent crime in the city highlighted by the White House - was quiet with little law enforcement presence.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Law enforcement initially received a call of a carjacking at gunpoint in Lancaster, NBC4 reported.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
He was then booked into Vista jail, where he was being held in on suspicion of carjacking and other charges in lieu of $175,000 bail, according to jail records.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Even the area where a former DOGE staffer was assaulted while intervening in an unarmed carjacking - an example of violent crime in the city highlighted by the White House - was quiet with little law enforcement presence.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Law enforcement initially received a call of a carjacking at gunpoint in Lancaster, NBC4 reported.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjacking
Verb
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The hacker’s malware focuses on stealing cryptocurrency by hijacking and manipulating the user's browser.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
8 Sep. 2025
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In fact, because hijacking passenger planes was common in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) amended their safety regulations in 1972 and started requiring large passenger aircraft exits to be designed so that they can’t be opened during flight.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Aug. 2025
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Jamel McGriff, 42, a Bronx ex-con with a decades-long rap sheet, has been charged with 14 counts of murder and 37 charges in total, including kidnapping, burglary, robbery, arson, weapons offenses, grand larceny and identity theft, the Queens County District Attorney’s Office said.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The prosecutor turned to the day of the kidnapping.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Though Andre officially ended things with his other flame, Ashley (Jen Jacob), Dani's daughter's abduction has forced her to spend some questionable quality time with her ex-husband Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett), who, it should be noted, shares a last name with Devon Winters' birth mother Yolanda.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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And once she is threatened with abduction by the villains, Ziva is back in glamorously brutal action to protect her.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a 21-page ruling, Talwani found that ICE holding an 18-year-old migrant arrested on charges of shoplifting without a bond hearing violated his due process rights.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Now retailers say their anti-theft strategies are working, and data shows shoplifting rates are falling.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Carjacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacking. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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