Editing Carjacking (section)

==Etymology==
The word is a [[portmanteau]] of ''[[automobile|car]]'' and ''hijacking''. The term was coined by reporter Scott Bowles and editor E. J. Mitchell with ''[[The Detroit News]]'' in 1991.<ref>Pulitzer, Lisa Beth. Crime On Deadline. New York City: Boulevard Books, 1996</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Carjacking: Who's at Risk?|last=Bowles|first=Scott|date=August 29, 1991|work=The Detroit News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Hunter | first=George | title=Detroit on pace for fewest killings since 1965, fewest carjackings ever | date=January 1, 2025 | url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2025/01/01/detroit-on-pace-for-fewest-killings-since-1965-fewest-carjackings-ever-records-kept/77327484007/ | work=detroitnews.com }}</ref> ''The News'' first used the term in a report on the murder of Ruth Wahl, a 22-year-old Detroit drugstore cashier who was killed when she would not surrender her [[Suzuki Sidekick]], and in an investigative report examining the rash of what Detroit Police call "robbery armed unlawful driving away an automobile" (in dispatch slang shortened to R.A.-YOU-Da) plaguing Detroit.<ref>''The Detroit News'', August 28, 1991</ref>
TV series [[CHiPs]] season 2 episode 20 airing 2/24/79 has the character Ponch, played by Erik Estrada, using the term carjacking.