CARJACKING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The violent theft of an occupied car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("carjacking" is a kind of...):

highjack; hijack (seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination)

Derivation:

carjack (take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it)

-ing form of the verb carjack