CARJACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carjack mean? 

• CARJACK (verb)
  The verb CARJACK has 1 sense:

1. take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it

  Familiarity information: CARJACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARJACK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they carjack    ... he / she / it carjacks   
Past simple: carjacked   
Past participle: carjacked   
-ing form: carjacking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

My car was carjacked last night!

Hypernyms (to "carjack" is one way to...):

commandeer; highjack; hijack; pirate (take arbitrarily or by force)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

carjacking (the violent theft of an occupied car)