How to Use carjacking in a Sentence

carjacking

noun
  • The police are investigating another carjacking.
  • Singleton faces charges of armed carjacking and use of a deadly weapon against a police K-9.
    Fox News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Days after their meeting, Nagdy was dead, fatally shot in an apparent carjacking.
    Mary Ramsey, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Arlington police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect in a recent armed carjacking.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Rebimbas said of a recent carjacking of a Porsche in the parking lot of a bakery on a Saturday afternoon.
    Christopher Keating, courant.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • There was also hardly any gap — just five days — between the Castro break-in and Paillett’s release from jail in a carjacking and kidnapping case.
    Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Separately, carjackings are down 16 percent compared with the same period last year, according to county data.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • The city worker was working at the time of the carjacking.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Those numbers don’t include the other felonies such as carjacking and theft that now plague the city’s streets.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Branch is being charged with carjacking with a weapon and battery.
    Devoun Cetoute Miami Herald (tns), al, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Police said the victim of the carjacking was not injured.
    Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Rashaud Nesmith was 16 when he was charged with armed carjacking.
    Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2022
  • How many carjackings are reported in Louisville over the years?
    Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The carjacking of a priest unloading a wheelchair from his car.
    Martina White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The victim told CBS News that the carjacking would not stop her from continuing to help those in need.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
  • Mercuri said one 16-year-old male has been arrested and charged with the armed carjacking that occurred on the east side.
    John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
  • Guns are used in about half of carjackings, police data show.
    Gabe Cohen, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Nearly 18% of those who carried out carjackings were males under then age of 18, the data showed.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • But nonfatal shootings fell by 18% last year, according to the city, and carjackings dropped by a third.
    Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024

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