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    carjacking

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Crime
    car·jack·ing /ˈkɑːˌdʒækɪŋ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]  SCCthe crime of using a weapon to force the driver of a car to drive you somewhere or give you their car 劫车 → hijacking —carjacker noun [countable] —carjack verb [transitive]
    Examples from the Corpus
    carjacking• But minutes later, this carjacking took a deadly new twist.    Origin carjacking (1900-2000) car + highjacking
    car·jack·ing nounChineseSyllable
    crime the to Corpus a of weapon using


    carjacking
    car‧jack‧ing /ˈkɑːˌdʒækɪŋ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Origin: car + highjacking
    the crime of using a weapon to force the driver of a car to drive you somewhere or give you their car ⇨ hijacking
    —carjacker noun [countable]
    —carjack verb [transitive]


    car·jack·ingBrE /ˈkɑːdʒækɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrdʒækɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] the crime of forcing the driver of a car to take you somewhere or give you their car, using threats and violence 劫持汽车（罪）；劫车（罪）  ➡  compare hijacking at hijack ▸ car·jack BrE /ˈkɑːdʒæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrdʒæk/ 🔊 verb~ sth ▸ car·jack·er BrE /ˈkɑːdʒækə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːrdʒækər/ 🔊 noun