traffic ticket

noun

: a piece of paper that officially tells a person that he or she has driven or parked a car improperly and will have to pay a fine

Examples of traffic ticket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Highsmith, 27, was given a traffic ticket for careless driving, a crash report read. —Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024

Both men were arrested on outstanding traffic ticket warrants, but later released after seeing a judge, according to police. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2024

Advertisement Majors was also convicted of second-degree harassment, which in New York is not a crime but considered a violation, more akin to a traffic ticket. —Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023

After arresting Dunkley, a police officer issued him a citation, akin to a traffic ticket, for aggressive panhandling and lewd behavior. —Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023

Atlanta's police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man's death. —CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023

And cars again funneled people into this system, as forfeiture actions often begin with a traffic stop for a minor infraction and end with a motorist losing thousands of dollars, even when they are not charged with any crime or issued a traffic ticket. —Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023

Donald Trump could have gotten off with a traffic ticket too. —Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 June 2023

Trump himself claimed on Truth Social that the Justice Department had given Hunter the equivalent of a traffic ticket. —Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 June 2023