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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Authorities also used a license plate reader to place Cole in the area around the time the pipe bombs were placed, according to the charging documents.
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
Regalado would not comment about an automatic license plate reader operated by the state that is near the south end of the Jewfish Creek Bridge leading in and out of Key Largo and whether it’s being used in the operations.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
They are believed to be traveling in a red 2006 Toyota Tacoma, with Utah license plate 255PCJ, and pulling a white trailer, with license plate 017531Z, KSL and KTVX reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Cole's car was also spotted by a license plate reader less than half a mile from where the person was seen on the footage, the document states.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Dec. 2025
Regalado would not comment about an automatic license plate reader operated by the state that is near the south end of the Jewfish Creek Bridge leading in and out of Key Largo and whether it’s being used in the operations.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
They are believed to be traveling in a red 2006 Toyota Tacoma, with Utah license plate 255PCJ, and pulling a white trailer, with license plate 017531Z, KSL and KTVX reported.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Cole's car was also spotted by a license plate reader less than half a mile from where the person was seen on the footage, the document states.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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