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carjack

verb
/ˈkɑː(ɹ).dʒæk/UK/ˈkɑɹ.d͡ʒæk/US

Etymology

* Blend of car + hijack

  1. derived from jaque
  2. derived from jacke
  3. inherited from jakke
  4. suffixed as jacker — “jack + er”
  5. compounded as hijack — “highway + jacker”
  6. compounded as carjack — “car + hijack”

Definitions

  1. To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone).

    • Someone should carjack that pompous jerk and teach him a lesson!

  2. To forcibly steal (a vehicle).

    • These twerps have carjacked their last Mercedes.

The neighborhood

Derived

carjacker, carjacking

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA