How to Use carjacking in a Sentence

carjacking

noun
  • The police are investigating another carjacking.
  • Two of the four youths who escaped are charged in a carjacking.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • No one was injured in the carjacking or crash.
    — Nate Sylves, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • The girls were charged with felony murder and armed carjacking.
    — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The 12-year-old has been charged with four counts of armed carjacking.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The victim of the carjacking was not hurt.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Branch is being charged with carjacking with a weapon and battery.
    — Devoun Cetoute Miami Herald (tns), al, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The girls were charged with felony murder and armed carjacking, police said.
    — Jay Croft, CNN, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The change is made to address an increase in carjackings.
    — Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The man’s friend and his friend’s mother witnessed the carjacking.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 23 June 2025
  • Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 7 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Police had heard of an armed carjacking and that a suspect fired four shots at a group of people.
    — Ryan Martin, Indianapolis Star, 25 Nov. 2019
  • King was a suspect in a carjacking on Tremont Street that night.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • The increase in carjackings comes as overall car thefts in the city decline.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2024
  • When the carjacking took place, one of the deputies was suspended in the bucket.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
  • No weapon was used in the carjacking and no injuries were reported.
    — Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Then came fall 2014 and a string of three carjackings in Phoenix.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2019
  • How many carjackings are reported in Louisville over the years?
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Rashaud Nesmith was 16 when he was charged with armed carjacking.
    — Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • The story slows to a crawl toward the end, even with a scene featuring a carjacking.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • One of the robbers was holding a gun during the carjacking, the man told police.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Police have said the crash followed a pair of carjackings earlier in the day.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Each hate crime charge carries up to 10 years in prison, and the carjacking charge up to 15 years.
    — CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The father got inside the car, trying to stop the carjacking suspect.
    — Dana Branham, Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2020

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