booting

[ boo-ting ]

noun

the practice of dealing with scofflaws by attaching a boot to the wheel of a car, immobilizing it until its owner reports to the police or pays delinquent fines.

Origin of booting

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All older debt, including booting, towing and storage fees for vehicles that have been impounded, would be forgiven.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Proposes Further Traffic Ticket Reforms to Help Low-Income Motorists | by Melissa Sanchez | September 22, 2021 | ProPublica
Regardless of when the booting may happen, the swap seems to be imminent.
Lindsay Lohan, Jay Leno & More Celebrities’ Week in Hell (Photos) | Anna Klassen | March 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Isn't this free-booting spirit, now, better than leading a cowardly life of musty regularity?
The Battle of Hexham; | George Colman
"Chinese labour," yelled a voice, and across the square swept a wildfire of booting and bawling.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George Wells
It was still booting, and man, those icons creeping across the screen looked good.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow

This man was a ferocious free-booting chief, daring and brave himself, and admiring those qualities in others.
With Clive in India | G. A. Henty
While Pastorella lay ill, a band of free-booting merchants arrived in search of slaves.
Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene | Edmund Spencer

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