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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Law enforcement tracked license plate readers until the Mercedes-Benz’s plate was not obscured and found that the car was registered to Lu, according to a criminal complaint.
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Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Detectives connected Roath to the shooting through the use of city cameras, license plate readers, phone records, and ballistic evidence — including a 9mm shell casing found outside Kourtney’s home that traced back to a gun found under Roath’s mattress in his bedroom, according to court documents.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
Doesn’t seem to matter if your face or even the license plate of your car is captured on a doorbell camera.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Police said seven ATVs were found illegally parked in the area and did not have license plates.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
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Sierra Van Der Brug, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Detectives connected Roath to the shooting through the use of city cameras, license plate readers, phone records, and ballistic evidence — including a 9mm shell casing found outside Kourtney’s home that traced back to a gun found under Roath’s mattress in his bedroom, according to court documents.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
Doesn’t seem to matter if your face or even the license plate of your car is captured on a doorbell camera.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Police said seven ATVs were found illegally parked in the area and did not have license plates.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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