How to Use carjacking in a Sentence

carjacking

noun

• The police are investigating another carjacking.
• No one else was wounded in the robbery, chase, carjacking or gunfire, police said.
  — oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2022
• Two suspects are in custody and facing felony charges in connect with his murder and the carjacking.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2022
• As long as the juvenile didn’t use a deadly weapon or firearm in carrying out the carjacking, restorative justice is an option for them.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2022
• In addition, teens may be turning to carjacking because other types of crimes are harder to commit during the pandemic.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2022
• Authorities believe the shooting may have occurred during a carjacking or robbery.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 10 Dec. 2021
• Robberies were up 3%, auto thefts were up 4%, and carjackings were up 17%, bucking the other positive trends.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
• Since the death of her child, Jacobo is suspected of having committed an armed carjacking and other unspecified crimes, police said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
• David Michael Hammons, 64, was shot to death Dec. 8 during a carjacking in Irondale and died five days later.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 1 Jan. 2022
• The new indictment includes an armed carjacking in Cleveland Heights that investigators linked her to after the fatal shooting.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2022
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 31 Mar. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024