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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Officers were able to identify and track down the vehicle using Flock cameras, a license plate recognition system, the release stated.
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Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2025
Members of Detroit’s police oversight board are calling for changes to how the department initiates minor stops after two recent police shootings that began with stops for drinking in a parking lot and an obscured license plate.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said the shooting occurred after Remilien stopped a vehicle in connection to a license plate reader alert in the area of Versailles Road.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
In that first incident, investigators say a Boerne police officer, Eric DeLaRosa, noticed a black BMW without license plates stopped behind him.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
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Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2025
Members of Detroit’s police oversight board are calling for changes to how the department initiates minor stops after two recent police shootings that began with stops for drinking in a parking lot and an obscured license plate.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said the shooting occurred after Remilien stopped a vehicle in connection to a license plate reader alert in the area of Versailles Road.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
In that first incident, investigators say a Boerne police officer, Eric DeLaRosa, noticed a black BMW without license plates stopped behind him.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
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“License plate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/license%20plate. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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