From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcarjackingcar‧jack‧ing /ˈkɑːˌdʒækɪŋ $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] SCCthe crime of using a weapon to force the driver of a car to drive you somewhere or give you their car → hijacking —carjacker noun [countable] —carjack verb [transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
carjacking• But minutes later, this carjacking took a deadly new twist.Origin carjacking (1900-2000) car + highjacking 