CARJACKING


Meaning of CARJACKING in English

car ‧ jack ‧ ing /ˈkɑːˌdʒækɪŋ $ ˈkɑːr-/ BrE AmE 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]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.