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- noun Plural form of
carjacking .
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Examples
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He told the council that crimes such as carjackings, sexual violence against women and property damage are all down dramatically.
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And I also think that some types of crime, such as carjackings and nonviolent bank robberies, other types of so-called property or violent crime will be deferred back to state authorities, which have always had concurrent jurisdiction.
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Five juveniles, ranging in age from 15 to 17, and three adults have been arrested thus far in connection with the Newark carjackings.
Newark Carjackings Spike Chris Herring 2011
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Frequent robberies and carjackings on the streets keep customers at home, he said.
Nations Seek to Make Tunisia Model for Democracy in Region Sudeep Reddy 2011
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Nearly a quarter of the city's 288 carjackings last year came in the month of December.
Newark Carjackings Spike Chris Herring 2011
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The carjackings prompted coordination between the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark police and the Essex County prosecutor's office in early December.
Newark Carjackings Spike Chris Herring 2011
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The reduction included a 54% drop in auto thefts and 30% drop in carjackings.
Oakland Grapples With Depleted Force Bobby White 2011
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We have carjackings in this country every minute and the Fbi don't get involved.
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A Brooklyn man who killed four people during a 28-hour rampage of stabbings and carjackings was sentenced Wednesday to at least 200 years in prison, but not before he threatened those touched by his crimes.
Deadly Spree Sentence Pervaiz Shallwani 2012
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Up here, carjackings are (thankfully) less frequent.
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