license plate
noun
: a plate or tag (as of metal) attesting that a license has been secured and usually bearing a registration number
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Drivers can expect fixed license plate readers around the city and mobile license plate readers along the Fifth Street corridor and the Julia Tuttle Causeway.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Hernandez, who the Postal Inspection Service believes is a member of the Northeast Los Angeles Avenues gang, is alleged to have pushed a postal employee who attempted to take a photo of the license plate of the getaway vehicle, a silver Toyota Camry.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
There were license plate reader pictures of Knox’s car near the place where Holley was shot in the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
The department's Pivot program, which focuses on the territory of violent offenders, along with technology like gunshot detectors and license plate readers have been credited with helping keep violent crime trending down.
—Brenda Ordonez, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 May 2024
Hernandez, who the Postal Inspection Service believes is a member of the Northeast Los Angeles Avenues gang, is alleged to have pushed a postal employee who attempted to take a photo of the license plate of the getaway vehicle, a silver Toyota Camry.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
There were license plate reader pictures of Knox’s car near the place where Holley was shot in the 4400 block of Pennington Avenue.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
The department's Pivot program, which focuses on the territory of violent offenders, along with technology like gunshot detectors and license plate readers have been credited with helping keep violent crime trending down.
—Brenda Ordonez, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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