verb
General Slang
jack
· verb · mle
To steal something — rob it.
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To steal, rob or take by force. Carjack, jack a phone, jack someone for their chain. Crossed over from American hip-hop slang into MLE decades ago and is now fully naturalised.
“Some yutes tried to jack his bike outside the station.”
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jack In A Sentence
Some yutes tried to jack his bike outside the station.
Origin & Usage
American slang shortening of 'hijack' or 'carjack', adopted into UK street vocabulary via hip-hop in the 80s/90s.
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