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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Reuters footage showed uniformed PJ officers on a cordon on a dirt road in Atalaia - a neighborhood of Lagos municipality - waving through unmarked vans and cars with German license plates from the city of Wiesbaden, where the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has its headquarters.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
The officer, according to the complaint, claimed the truck’s rear license plate light was out.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
May 5 Petty theft: A Saratoga resident ordered license plates from the DMV in March but never received them and believes they were either stolen or misdelivered for a total loss valued at approximately $27.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Vista’s sheriff’s captain will give an overview of technologies such as crime cameras, license plate readers and gunshot detection systems.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Reuters, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
The officer, according to the complaint, claimed the truck’s rear license plate light was out.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
May 5 Petty theft: A Saratoga resident ordered license plates from the DMV in March but never received them and believes they were either stolen or misdelivered for a total loss valued at approximately $27.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
Vista’s sheriff’s captain will give an overview of technologies such as crime cameras, license plate readers and gunshot detection systems.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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