How to Use carjacking in a Sentence

carjacking

noun

• The police are investigating another carjacking.
• Both girls were arrested on murder and armed carjacking charges, police said.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 7 July 2021
• That same day, the girls were arrested and charged with felony murder and armed carjacking (taser), police shared.
  — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2021
• David Brown responded to the recent increase by adding 40 officers and four sergeants to a carjacking task force in January.
  — Fox News, 15 July 2021
• Roughly 35 minutes before the carjacking was reported, the suspect was involved in a disturbance at the station, Brinser said.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 26 Oct. 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Chapman’s car was later found about three blocks away, and a cellphone was found near where the carjacking took place, police said.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Singleton faces charges of armed carjacking and use of a deadly weapon against a police K-9.
  — Fox News, 12 Sep. 2021
• At the time of his February arrest, Dawley was also wanted for armed carjacking and robbery for an incident in November.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 12 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jan 2025