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as in kidnapping

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verb

present participle of carjack

as in hijacking

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The murder charges included special circumstance enhancements for committing multiple murders and committing murder during a carjacking. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Val’s introduction come by way of a carjacking that sees Sugar’s baby blue 1966 Chevrolet Corvette stolen and then quickly and conveniently retrieved by Val, who just so happens to be standing nearby when the theft happened. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 Dixson was charged by a federal indictment in November 2025 with one count of kidnapping, one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026 Schepman said that police believe there was some sort of argument that preceded the apparent carjacking. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for carjacking

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Chilean authorities have charged Rafael Enrique Gámez Salas, the alleged leader of Los Piratas, the main branch of Tren de Aragua in Chile, with kidnapping, extortion and criminal association, among other offenses.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Former Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso, who is facing allegations of kidnapping and molesting a child, will be freed from jail and can have contact with children, an Orlando judge ruled Friday.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

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Visible signs of body-hijacking mental illness drive Ingrid to a grisly suicide in the bathroom that her daughter is forced to witness.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
The question is how long the mini-digression can become without hijacking the main sentence (or story).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hijacking

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However, a man of the same name and age has drug and shoplifting convictions in Yavapai County, possession of contraband behind bars in Navajo and Graham Counties, and a number of lesser charges in Prescott.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
In about a quarter of them, 62 cases, soldiers single-handedly stopped people suspected of a crime, often for things like shoplifting or jumping turnstiles to avoid paying subway fare.

— Brad Heath, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

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