carjacking

See also: car-jacking and car jacking

English

Alternative forms

• car-jacking, car jacking
• carnapping (Philippines)

Etymology

Blend of car +‎ hijacking.

Verb

carjacking

1. present participle and gerund of carjack

Noun

carjacking (countable and uncountable, plural carjackings)

1. The violent hijacking of a vehicle and sometimes its driver.

Related terms

• grand theft auto

Translations

Translations

• Afrikaans: motorkaping
• Finnish: autoryöstö
• Spanish: atraco automovilístico m, arrebatón automotriz m, arrebatamiento automotor m

See also

• mutiny
• piracy
• skyjacking

Anagrams

• racing jack

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾˈʝakin/ [ˌkaɾˈʝa.kĩn]

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾˈʝakin/ [ˌkaɾˈʝa.kĩn] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾˈʃakin/ [ˌkaɾˈʃa.kĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌkaɾˈʒakin/ [ˌkaɾˈʒa.kĩn] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -akin
• Syllabification: car‧ja‧cking

Noun

carjacking m (plural carjackings)

1. carjacking