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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Some include complaints over Missouri’s handling of chronic wasting disease among deer, while others hone in on allegations of local government corruption or the requirement that vehicles have two license plates.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Investigators said a license plate reader camera system last spotted the Buick LaCrosse, which is registered to Day's mother, in southeast Missouri at about 10 p.m. Sunday.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Nearby license plate readers led to the identification of a suspicious vehicle, which was eventually linked to Cabello, and cellphone data led investigators to a motel in Ohio.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram, police collected dashcam footage from victim Ricky Langs’ car and also reviewed video from license plate readers and surveillance cameras at nearby businesses.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Investigators said a license plate reader camera system last spotted the Buick LaCrosse, which is registered to Day's mother, in southeast Missouri at about 10 p.m. Sunday.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Nearby license plate readers led to the identification of a suspicious vehicle, which was eventually linked to Cabello, and cellphone data led investigators to a motel in Ohio.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Star-Telegram, police collected dashcam footage from victim Ricky Langs’ car and also reviewed video from license plate readers and surveillance cameras at nearby businesses.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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