Meanings
- A stolen-vehicle recovery system that utilizes GPS and cellular technology to locate users' vehicles.
I got out my phone and pulled up the number for the precinct. "I've got LoJack. I'll have the desk sergeant look him up."
2020, Cari Z, His Holiday Crush, Entangled Publishing, →ISBN3 more examples
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.
2008, Steven E. Landsburg, More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics, Simon and Schuster, →ISBNHey, listen, do me a solid and check out a '89 Chevy Monte Carlo registered to a one Jesse Pinkman. Specifically, I wanna know if the car's got LoJack. It's one of those jack-off low riders, so I'm betting that it's got a good shot that there is. If so, can you go ahead and get me a fix on it?
2009 March 15, George Mastras, “Grilled”, in Breaking Bad, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Hank Schrader (Dean Norris)How is it that the paparazzi only shows up when I'm with J.P.? I mean, first Blue Ribbon... then my party... then his play... now the prom. Is it just me or is it like TMZ has LoJack on my boyfriend?
2016, Meg Cabot, Crowning Glory, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 402
Origin
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).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
LoJack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/LoJack
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