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Carjacking

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kidnappingnoun(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
abductionnounLeading away; a carrying away.
burglarynounThe crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
robberynoun(crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
theftnounThe act of stealing property.
flightnounThe act of flying.
rustlingnounA series of rustles.
volnoun(heraldry) A heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched wings, often conjoined at their shoulders.
car jackingnounThe act of stealing an occupied car, often involving violence and/or threats.
hijackingnounThe instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
carnappingnoun(Philippines) Grand theft auto; the theft of a motor vehicle.
car cloutnoun(US, colloquial) The crime of breaking into an automobile.
drive-bynounOf a crime, etc.: carried out from a moving vehicle.
car wrecknounSynonym of car crash.
grand theft autonoun(US) The criminal act of stealing or attempting to steal a motor vehicle.
kidnapnounThe crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.
crashnounA sudden, intense, loud sound, as made for example by cymbals.
drive by shootingnounAn assassination carried out from a moving vehicle while passing the victim.
seajackverbTo illegally take control of a vessel.
rampnounAn inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.

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