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Recent Examples of carjacking
Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
There were fewer than 200 homicides for the first time since 2020, and carjackings declined by nearly half after increasing for six straight years.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
On Monday, April 21, the sisters recalled — in unison — the harrowing experience of the carjacking while being interviewed on 7News Queensland.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Concord police are investigating the bank robbery, pursuit and carjacking, and San Jose police are investigating the police shooting.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
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When Kansas City officers exchanged gunfire with a person possibly involving an armed carjacking on Feb. 12 near Ninth Street and Van Brunt Boulevard, police alerted the media withing 1 1/2 hours.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
There were fewer than 200 homicides for the first time since 2020, and carjackings declined by nearly half after increasing for six straight years.
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
On Monday, April 21, the sisters recalled — in unison — the harrowing experience of the carjacking while being interviewed on 7News Queensland.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Concord police are investigating the bank robbery, pursuit and carjacking, and San Jose police are investigating the police shooting.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carjacking
abduction
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Authorities investigated the case for six years and later determined that Sherri had fabricated the abduction and had been hiding out at her ex-boyfriend James Reyes' apartment in Costa Mesa, Calif.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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The name for this comes from the 2006 Adam Walsh Child Safety Act, enacted to prevent child abductions.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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“Carjacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carjacking. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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