"carjacking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carjackings [plural], car-jacking [alternative], car jacking [alternative], carnapping [alternative]
Etymology: Blend of car + hijacking Etymology templates: {{blend|en|car|hijacking}} Blend of car + hijacking Head templates: {{en-noun}} carjacking (plural carjackings)
  1. The violent hijacking of a vehicle and sometimes its driver. Related terms: grand theft auto, mutiny, piracy, skyjacking Translations (Translations): atraco automovilístico [masculine] (Spanish), arrebatón automotriz [masculine] (Spanish), arrebatamiento automotor [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-carjacking-en-noun-DwCwEC~H Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17

Verb

Forms: car-jacking [alternative], car jacking [alternative], carnapping [alternative]
Etymology: Blend of car + hijacking Etymology templates: {{blend|en|car|hijacking}} Blend of car + hijacking Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} carjacking
  1. present participle and gerund of carjack Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: carjack
    Sense id: en-carjacking-en-verb-NaV0cjED

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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