Definition of "carjack" [carjack]

• To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users. (verb-transitive)

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• "Anne Arundel County Police have charged two people with trying to carjack a neighbor at knifepoint."
• "This way the bad guys will breakin to your home rob, rape your wives, daughters, rob your home, carjack you, and all other crimes they can commit against you knowing you can not defend yourself."
• "I suppose the cops should have magically known that an idiot was going to carjack someone, and rob banks so they could prevent it. otherwise the there not doing their job."