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CARJACK
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
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)
