carjacking

A noun referring to the violent theft of an occupied car, often involving force or threat against the driver or passengers.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa la apropiación violenta de un vehículo ocupado, generalmente mediante el uso de la fuerza o amenazas contra el conductor o los pasajeros.

1. Violent theft of a vehicle B2 formal

   The act of stealing a car from its driver by force or threat of violence.

   • The police reported a sharp increase in carjacking incidents in the city.
   • He was a victim of a carjacking last night.
   • Carjacking is considered a serious violent crime.

   🇪🇸Robo violento de vehículo

• carjackings plural form
• carjackings' possessive plural form
• carjacking's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe the act of stealing a car by force, typically while the driver is present.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que describe el acto de robar un automóvil mediante fuerza o amenazas, generalmente estando presente el conductor.

1. Steal a vehicle by force B2 formal

   To forcibly take control of a car from its driver, typically with the intent to steal it.

   • The police arrested a man who attempted to carjack a taxi driver.
   • She was carjacked at gunpoint while waiting at a traffic light.
   • Carjacking is a serious crime that often involves violence or threats.

   🇪🇸robo de vehículo por la fuerza

   Sinónimos: commandeerhijack

• carjacked past participle
• carjacked past simple
• carjacking present participle
• carjacks third person singular