carjack
/ˈkɑːdʒæk/verb
उच्चारण कार्जैक
ड्राइवर से ज़बरदस्ती गाड़ी छीनना या लूटना
Core word
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to use force or threats to steal a car from its driver, often making the driver go with you
ड्राइवर से ज़बरदस्ती गाड़ी छीनना या लूटना
- A taxi driver was carjacked at gunpoint on the highway.
- The gang carjacked three vehicles in one night.
- Two men tried to carjack a driver outside the mall.
+ 2 more examples
- He was carjacked on a lonely road at night.
- The police arrested the gang that carjacked the van.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
carjack + person / car
Carjack is a transitive verb. Its object can be the car or the driver: they carjacked a taxi, they carjacked the driver.
Carjack सकर्मक क्रिया है, और इसका object गाड़ी या चालक दोनों हो सकता है।
- Two men carjacked a taxi near the highway.
- The gang carjacked a doctor on his way home.
be carjacked (passive)
News reports usually use the passive to focus on the victim.
समाचारों में पीड़ित पर ध्यान देने के लिए प्रायः passive रूप प्रयोग होता है।
- A businessman was carjacked outside the mall last night.
carjack + at gunpoint / knifepoint
The way the crime was done is added with 'at gunpoint' or 'at knifepoint'. Note that there is no article.
अपराध का तरीका 'at gunpoint' या 'at knifepoint' से बताया जाता है, इनमें article नहीं लगता।
- The driver was carjacked at knifepoint on a lonely road.
related forms: carjacking, carjacker
The noun for the crime is carjacking, and the person who does it is a carjacker. The verb is regular.
अपराध के लिए noun 'carjacking' और अपराधी के लिए 'carjacker' है; क्रिया regular है।
- Police arrested the carjacker within two hours.
- Carjackings have increased in the city this year.
+Collocations 4
adverb + carjack
allegedlyviolentlyrepeatedlybrazenly
- Three men allegedly carjacked a van near the toll plaza.
carjack + noun
a taxia trucka motorista delivery vana driver
- They carjacked a delivery van and fled.
carjacking + noun
suspectvictimgangcaseattempt
- The carjacking victim described the attackers to the police.
verb + carjacker
arrestchaseidentifycatchsentence
- The court sentenced the carjacker to seven years in prison.
“More examples 5
- The taxi driver was carjacked on the outskirts of the city and left by the roadside.
टैक्सी चालक से शहर के बाहरी इलाके में गाड़ी छीन ली गई और उसे सड़क किनारे छोड़ दिया गया।
- Police believe the same gang carjacked three vehicles last month.
पुलिस का मानना है कि उसी गिरोह ने पिछले महीने तीन गाड़ियाँ छीनीं।
- Radhika's uncle was nearly carjacked, but a passing patrol van scared the thieves away.
राधिका के चाचा से लगभग गाड़ी छीन ली गई थी, पर गुज़रती गश्ती गाड़ी ने चोरों को भगा दिया।
- Never leave your engine running at a red light on a lonely road; it makes a carjacking easier.
सुनसान सड़क पर लाल बत्ती पर इंजन चालू न छोड़ें; इससे गाड़ी छीनना आसान हो जाता है।
- The film begins with a gang carjacking a luxury car in broad daylight.
फ़िल्म की शुरुआत एक गिरोह द्वारा दिन-दहाड़े आलीशान गाड़ी छीनने से होती है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The driver was carjacked his car at gunpoint.
✓ The driver was carjacked at gunpoint.
Carjack takes the driver or the car as its one object; with the driver as the subject of the passive, the car cannot be repeated.
Carjack का एक ही object होता है; चालक passive का subject हो तो गाड़ी को दोबारा object नहीं बनाया जाता।
✗ They carjacked to a taxi near the bridge.
✓ They carjacked a taxi near the bridge.
Carjack is transitive and needs no preposition before its object.
Carjack सकर्मक क्रिया है, इसके object से पहले preposition नहीं आता।
◇Word family
?Which word?
Do not confuse carjack (to steal a car by force from its driver) and hijack (to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, by force).
Carjack (ड्राइवर से ज़बरदस्ती कार छीनना) और hijack (ज़बरदस्ती किसी वाहन, खासकर विमान, पर कब्ज़ा करना) में भ्रमित न हों।