wheel clampnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwiːl ˌklæmp/us/ˈwiːl ˌklæmp/UK US boot, Denver boota metal device attached to the wheel of an illegally parked car that will only be removed when the owner pays an amount of money:
I hope we're not going to find a wheel clamp on my car when we get back.
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Punishing & punishments
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- boot
- bring
- bum rap
- carrot
- chastise
- clobber
- crucify
- heads will roll! idiom
- kick
- kick (some) ass idiom
- non-custodial
- parking ticket
- penal
- skin sb alive idiom
- string
- strip
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
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On the road: parking
wheel-clamp
verb [ T ] usuk/ˈwiːl.klæmp/