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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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.
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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
Under the new system, people carrying small amounts of drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl were given a $100 fine—essentially the cost of a parking ticket—instead of being arrested.
—Simar Bajaj, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
Today: an engineering supervisor who makes $140,000 per year and who spends some of her money this week on a parking ticket, unfortunately.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Sep. 2024
With these tools, a user can enter the property without pulling a parking ticket and walk onto an elevator that recognizes their face and their floor.
—Mark Zettl, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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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
Under the new system, people carrying small amounts of drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl were given a $100 fine—essentially the cost of a parking ticket—instead of being arrested.
—Simar Bajaj, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
Today: an engineering supervisor who makes $140,000 per year and who spends some of her money this week on a parking ticket, unfortunately.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Sep. 2024
With these tools, a user can enter the property without pulling a parking ticket and walk onto an elevator that recognizes their face and their floor.
—Mark Zettl, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Parking ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20ticket. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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