carjacks

Definition of carjacksnext
present tense third-person singular of carjack

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjacks
Verb
  • By feeding a stodgy institutional figure like Powell into the AI-meme deluge, the internet hijacks the Federal Reserve’s image and accelerates it past the point of professional control.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • All that progress rolls backward if males can take spots on both men’s and women’s teams; this torpedoes Title IX and hijacks women’s sports.
    Alanna Smith, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In the middle of the stuffy reception, Jenny commandeers the A/V system, blasting punk rock while a squad of models, clad in her early-aughts emo designs, climb on tables.
    Matthew Huff, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
  • When the State Department commandeers the West Virginia hotel to house Axis diplomats in the wake of Pearl Harbor, June realizes that nothing will ever be the same again.
    AudioFile Magazine August 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Carjacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacks. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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