carjack

verb

Definition of carjacknext
as in to hijack

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  1. hijack
  2. highjack
  3. commandeer
Verb
  • The situation unfolded when her father and younger sister attempted to hijack her special father-daughter dance.
    — Ashley Vega, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • In his book, Guinn writes that Brunner and several other Family members held up a Western Surplus Store at gunpoint in 1971, stealing roughly 140 guns to aid them in a plan to hijack a plane and demand that Manson be freed from prison.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of hijack
Verb
  • Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2018
Definition of highjack
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  • Under the direction of Robert Wise and director-choreographer Jerome Robbins (who also commandeered the original stage production), the playgrounds and fire escapes of the Upper West Side framed an epic—and enduringly compelling—urban love story.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2025
  • National security officials who favor a strong U.S. commitment to Taiwan frequently cite their concern that China could commandeer high-tech assets on the island.
    — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of commandeer
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“Carjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjack. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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