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Encyclopedia > Carjack

The word carjack can mean:

  • An act of seizing a car by force: see carjacking
  • A jack (device), as used to lift one corner of a car (e.g. to change a tire)
    • Car jack (with a space) usually means the device.

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Carjackers have unknowingly driven off with infants still in the backseat of the car, leaving behind a screaming and emotionally distressed parent.
Carjacking occurs most often in a busy commercial area where cars are parked and when the owner is entering or exiting the parked vehicle.
Carjacking of parked vehicles depends on the car owner being inattentive to their surroundings.
NYGC | Gang-Related Legislation—Carjacking (0 words)
"Carjacking" means taking of a motor vehicle from another person’s immediate actual possession knowingly or recklessly by force or violence, whether against resistance or by sudden or stealthy seizure or snatching, or by putting in fear, or attempting to do so, or by any other means.
A person who is convicted of carjacking shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and be committed to the custody of the State Department of Corrections for not more than fifteen (15) years.
A person who is convicted of attempted carjacking shall receive the same punishment as the person who is convicted of carjacking.
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