To Steal or Jack a car that is not yours.
The stolen cars are usually
muscle cars, import and domestic street cars, donks and cars of luxury or high trade in value. This practice is very common in cities with many "Chop Shops" such as: Oakland, Detroit, St. Louis, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The phrase was made known by the movie "
Fast and the Furious" (2001) when Dominic (Vin Diesel) finds out Brian (Paul Walker) was
incarcerated for "Boosting Cars".