Lojack

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A stolen-vehicle recovery system that utilizes GPS and cellular technology to locate users' vehicles.

    "Their task wasn't easy, because just as the prevalence of LoJacks affects auto-theft rates, so auto-theft rates affect the prevalence of LoJacks."

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"Their task wasn't easy, because just as the prevalence of LoJacks affects auto-theft rates, so auto-theft rates affect the prevalence of LoJacks."

Etymology

Originally the trademarked name of a system developed by Spireon, LoJack became a genericized trademark to refer to any such stolen-vehicle recovery system regardless of brand. The name is a play on the word hijack, replacing hi (high) with its antonym lo (low).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.