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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Officials also pointed to the use of technology such as license plate readers for declines in car thefts.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Police say cameras and license plate readers placed Jahn's truck in the area where the shooting occurred Saturday night.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Joseph also responded to worries about facial recognition and other surveillance technologies creeping into the system by emphasizing the cameras used in San Jose only record vehicles’ license plates.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Police traced the car through a license plate reader system to Starks’s girlfriend.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Police say cameras and license plate readers placed Jahn's truck in the area where the shooting occurred Saturday night.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Joseph also responded to worries about facial recognition and other surveillance technologies creeping into the system by emphasizing the cameras used in San Jose only record vehicles’ license plates.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Police traced the car through a license plate reader system to Starks’s girlfriend.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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