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license plate

noun

  1. a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.



license plate

noun

  1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): numberplate.a plate mounted on the front and back of a motor vehicle bearing the registration number

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of license plate1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Even though the footage clearly showed the SUV’s license plate, investigators had trouble identifying the driver because the vehicle may have been owned by another person.

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The victim captured photos of the suspects’ license plates before they fled in separate vehicles, which led to the arrests, police said.

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“He physically had to carry her to put her inside the car and they drove away in the car that had no license plates.”

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When he was arrested, Diaz’s vehicle did not have a handicap placard and was missing a front license plate, police said.

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Flores said the men didn’t have identification or license plates on their car.

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