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wheel clamp

n
(Automotive Engineering) a device fixed onto one wheel of an illegally parked car in order to immobilize it. The driver has to pay to have it removed
vb
(Automotive Engineering) (tr) to attach a wheel clamp to (a vehicle)
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wheel clamp

denver boot
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Translations
kerékbilincs

wheel clamp

n (Aut) → ceppo m bloccaruote inv
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Plus, vehicles can be wheel-clamped, impounded or even destroyed.
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Motorists whose vehicles are wheel-clamped for not having a valid tax disc will have to pay a pounds 200 release fee.
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On Monday, May 3, 10 cars were wheel-clamped in a small road alongside the Ty-Glas pub in Llanishen, Cardiff, the occupants being at a nearby car boot sale.
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Anyone p arking in a r estricted areaon the site is wheel-clamped, and arelease fee of pounds 25 is charged.
Worried dad's car clamped while he's at wife's bedside
KISS-AND-TELL cad James Hewitt was wheel-clamped for illegal parking yesterday.
Kiss-and-tell cad Hewitt gets clamped in irons

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