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His predecessor, Robert Devlin, had filed criminal charges against Brian North, a state trooper who fatally shot a carjacker armed with a knife as the man sat in a locked car at the end of a high-speed chase on I-95.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
Hollister police said the carjacker left the area following the shooting and was found by San Benito County deputies near Line Street, where another shooting happened.
—Jose Fabian, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
That premonition rings true when his parents (Tara Buckman, Geoff Hansen) are slaughtered by a carjacker dressed as Old Saint Nick himself (Charles Dierkop) just hours later, condemning the toddler into further moral compass trauma at an orphanage run by a domineering Mother Superior nun from Hell.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
An unidentified off-duty police officer and two family members were carjacked, and the carjacker suspect fled in the officer's personal vehicle.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Gill was waiting to pick up his wife from work when an armed carjacker opened fire in broad daylight.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
Hollister police said the carjacker left the area following the shooting and was found by San Benito County deputies near Line Street, where another shooting happened.
—Jose Fabian, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
That premonition rings true when his parents (Tara Buckman, Geoff Hansen) are slaughtered by a carjacker dressed as Old Saint Nick himself (Charles Dierkop) just hours later, condemning the toddler into further moral compass trauma at an orphanage run by a domineering Mother Superior nun from Hell.
—Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
An unidentified off-duty police officer and two family members were carjacked, and the carjacker suspect fled in the officer's personal vehicle.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Gill was waiting to pick up his wife from work when an armed carjacker opened fire in broad daylight.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjacker
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The hijacker was killed when Turkish commandos stormed the airliner and freed the 40 passengers and crew.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Experts believe Joro spiders were stowaways in shipping containers back in 2014, and that’s how they were introduced to the United States.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Traveler Melissa Oddie captured video of the furry stowaway, which the airport later shared on Facebook.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Carjacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacker. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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