单词 | carnapper |
释义 | carnappern. Now chiefly Philippine English. A person who steals a motor vehicle; a car thief. Cf. carjacker n. at carjacking n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > vehicle theft > one who steals vehicles carnapper1945 carjacker1974 hotter1991 1945 Bath (Maine) Independent 5 July 2/8 When the loud shrill blasts from the siren penetrated the air, the would-be-car-napper departed in a hurry. 1986 Washington Post 31 Oct. a22/1 Across town in Quezon City a suspected ‘carnapper’ was shot dead through the windshield of a car he had commandeered, after a high-speed police chase. 2014 BusinessWorld (Philippines) (Nexis) 9 June Sedan-type cars are convenient targets for carnappers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1945 |
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