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wheel clamp

British  

noun

  1. 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

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Days after Jean Quan was elected mayor in the fall of 2010, the Oakland police put a wheel clamp on her silver Prius while it was parked outside City Hall.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2011

It was the proverbial 2x4 with my old steel wheel clamp on roller skates nailed to the bottom.

From Time Magazine Archive

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