Meaning & use
Jacking
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Raising something with a mechanical jack; also, informal slang for stealing, especially a vehicle.
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He spent twenty minutes jacking up the car to change the flat tire.
The gang was arrested for jacking cars from the mall parking lot.
A note on using this word
The slang sense of "jacking" (stealing) gave rise to the compound word "carjacking."
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
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