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Recent Examples of carjacking
Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2025
While the number of juveniles who fell victim to homicides and non-fatal shootings declined in 2024, the City experienced a large increase in robberies and carjackings.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Now, Alameda County prosecutors claim Montiel is the man who shot and killed an Alameda resident on Dec. 30, a homicide that police say is directly connected to an earlier armed carjacking.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
According to crime data, there have been more than 450 carjackings this year.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
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Sacramento police officers detained a suspect Tuesday accused of being involved in a carjacking on Florin Road and then barricading inside a car in a city neighborhood.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2025
While the number of juveniles who fell victim to homicides and non-fatal shootings declined in 2024, the City experienced a large increase in robberies and carjackings.
—Alexa Ashwell, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
Now, Alameda County prosecutors claim Montiel is the man who shot and killed an Alameda resident on Dec. 30, a homicide that police say is directly connected to an earlier armed carjacking.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
According to crime data, there have been more than 450 carjackings this year.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjacking
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An abduction must have occurred, the child must be at risk of serious injury or death, and there has to be descriptive information about the child, the suspect or the suspect's vehicle.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip began in October 2023, in response to the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas in Southern Israel on Oct. 7 that resulted in the deaths of 1,200 people and the abduction of 251 people.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Carjacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacking. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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