How to Use carjacking in a Sentence

carjacking

noun
  • The police are investigating another carjacking.
  • In the course of the carjacking, one of them fired a pistol.
    — Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The city worker was working at the time of the carjacking.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 May 2023
  • Then came fall 2014 and a string of three carjackings in Phoenix.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The 12-year-old has been charged with four counts of armed carjacking.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Each hate crime charge carries up to 10 years in prison, and the carjacking charge up to 15 years.
    — CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Two of the four youths who escaped are charged in a carjacking.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • Cox said there were no students near the office at the time of the carjacking.
    — Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The number of carjackings in the city has soared this year compared to last year.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The suspect may be linked to other carjackings in the area.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 27 July 2023
  • At the time of the carjacking, Walker was in her 2008 Acura TL.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 31 Mar. 2023
  • It had been taken in a carjacking the night before, in the 2800 block of Loch Raven Rd.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • When the carjacking took place, one of the deputies was suspended in the bucket.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • The girls were charged with felony murder and armed carjacking.
    — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Damion Lemont Hayes, 20, of Louisville, was charged with carjacking.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 19 June 2020
  • He's also charged with a carjacking in which a man was shot in the leg and his Mercedes-Benz stolen.
    — CNN, 2 May 2021
  • The man’s friend and his friend’s mother witnessed the carjacking.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 23 June 2025
  • The carjacking was reported about 7:45 a.m. in the area of Third Avenue and Moss Street.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The gun was stolen during an armed carjacking on Dec. 2.
    — Fox News, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The story slows to a crawl toward the end, even with a scene featuring a carjacking.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The report pointed out that some of the carjacking suspects in the city are not even old enough to legally drive.
    — Fox News, 23 Feb. 2021
  • One of the robbers was holding a gun during the carjacking, the man told police.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The 14-year-old was convicted of five counts of carjacking for crimes committed in the span of two days.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The deputy heard gunshots and then found the man injured in the carjacking at a nearby clubhouse, Ridgell said.
    — Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Nisleit said armed robberies of pedestrians and carjackings were some of the crimes that fueled the rise.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The increase in carjackings comes as overall car thefts in the city decline.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • The girls were charged with felony murder and armed carjacking, police said.
    — Jay Croft, CNN, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Deputies last year shot and killed a carjacking suspect who opened fire on them; a bullet grazed a deputy's head.
    — NBC News, 23 June 2020
  • Following a spike in 2023 of robberies and carjackings, data shows violent crime in DC is in steep decline, reaching a multiyear low and mirroring a nationwide drop in crime.
    — semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Dom goes from an auto mechanic involved in carjackings and heists to carrying out illicit jobs for government agencies.
    — Skyler Trepel, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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