Synonyms for carjacking
ˈkɑrˌdʒæk ɪŋcar·jack·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. carjackingnoun

   the violent theft of an occupied car

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1. Mary Gay Scanlon:

   What happened yesterday was traumatic, but I refuse to let it dampen my love for the city of Philadelphia or the gem that is FDR Park, the fact is, this type of crime can happen anywhere and to anyone — yesterday it happened to me. Sadly, we know that over the course of the last year or two, since the onset of the pandemic, we have seen a spike in certain crimes across the country, including gun violence and carjacking.

2. Aisha Braveboy:

   We have someone who's not even old enough to drive, carjacking and driving, oftentimes across county lines or in multiple jurisdictions. So it creates a lot of problems, not just for the victim of that carjacking but for all motorists on our roadways.

3. Superintendent Eddie Johnson:

   One offender is wanted for attempted murder in Indiana. Another sold these illegal items while on electronic monitoring. Another had been recently arrested for carjacking and aggravated battery by firearm, and he did all this while he was on parole.

4. Jessica Nemelka:

   We are absolutely relieved, now that we know it's more like a random carjacking, it's not more comforting — nothing could make this comforting — but it was absolutely the wrong place, wrong time for her. And that's unfortunate, but it's better than being someone that she knew who targeted her for a personal reason.

5. Sheriff Essick:

   What our deputies did not know at the time was that David Ward was not only the owner of the car, but the victim of the earlier carjacking, the suspect had pistol-whipped him and stole his car. David Ward had recovered the car but failed to report it. It remains a mystery as to why David Ward fled from our deputies.