parking ticket
noun
: a piece of paper that officially tells someone that he or she has parked a vehicle illegally or for too long and will have to pay a fine
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Timothée Chalamet hit with parking ticket after riding e-bike to A Complete Unknown premiere
This isn't Chalamet's first time hosting the long-running sketch comedy program.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
To verify the status of a parking ticket or to safely make a payment online, visit sandiego.gov/parking/citations.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
And last week, city officials announced sharp increases in parking ticket fees, which haven’t been raised since 2003.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
San Diego warns against text-message parking ticket scam The city of San Diego is warning residents and visitors about a phishing scam that requests payment for parking citations.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
But that is not what a parking ticket looks like, and offenders are not asked to use a QR code to pay for their offenses, officials warn.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
The Metro Nashville Police Department's Fraud Unit is trying to spread the word because there's a new parking ticket scam looking to take advantage of people, according to an MNPD release.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
Instead of sweet-talking your way out of a parking ticket, admit your mistake and pay the fine.
—Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
Ultimately, the police traced a parking ticket on a car spotted near the site of the Moskowitz-Violante shootings to 24-year-old David Berkowitz.
—Susan Mulcahy, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
To verify the status of a parking ticket or to safely make a payment online, visit sandiego.gov/parking/citations.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
And last week, city officials announced sharp increases in parking ticket fees, which haven’t been raised since 2003.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
San Diego warns against text-message parking ticket scam The city of San Diego is warning residents and visitors about a phishing scam that requests payment for parking citations.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
But that is not what a parking ticket looks like, and offenders are not asked to use a QR code to pay for their offenses, officials warn.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
The Metro Nashville Police Department's Fraud Unit is trying to spread the word because there's a new parking ticket scam looking to take advantage of people, according to an MNPD release.
—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 Apr. 2024
Instead of sweet-talking your way out of a parking ticket, admit your mistake and pay the fine.
—Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
Ultimately, the police traced a parking ticket on a car spotted near the site of the Moskowitz-Violante shootings to 24-year-old David Berkowitz.
—Susan Mulcahy, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Parking ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20ticket. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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