CARJACK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they carjack ... he / she / it carjacks

Past simple: carjacked

Past participle: carjacked

-ing form: carjacking

Meaning:

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

Example:

My car was carjacked last night!

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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)