"carjack" meaning in English

See carjack in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).dʒæk/ [UK], /ˈkɑɹ.d͡ʒæk/ [US] Forms: carjacks [present, singular, third-person], carjacking [participle, present], carjacked [participle, past], carjacked [past]
Etymology: * Blend of car + hijack Etymology templates: {{blend|en|car|hijack}} Blend of car + hijack Head templates: {{en-verb}} carjack (third-person singular simple present carjacks, present participle carjacking, simple past and past participle carjacked)
  1. (transitive) To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Automotive, Crime Translations (to steal an automobile forcibly): 劫車 (Chinese Mandarin), 劫车 (jiéchē) (Chinese Mandarin), カージャック (kājakku) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-carjack-en-verb-5XZL4rKZ Disambiguation of Automotive: 59 41 Disambiguation of Crime: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'to steal an automobile forcibly': 75 25
  2. (transitive) To forcibly steal (a vehicle). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-carjack-en-verb-1MJ-ZCnT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hijack, car-jack Derived forms: carjacker, carjacking

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To steal an automobile forcibly from (someone)."
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        "(transitive) To forcibly steal (a vehicle)."
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      "sense": "to steal an automobile forcibly",
      "word": "劫車"
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      "roman": "jiéchē",
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