( wheel clamps, wheel clamping, wheel clamped)
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A wheel clamp is a large metal device which is fitted to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The motorist has to pay to have the clamp removed. ( BRIT; in AM, use Denver boot )
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2.
If a car is wheel clamped , a wheel clamp is fixed to one of its wheels so that it cannot be driven away. ( BRIT; in AM, use boot )
Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.
VERB : be V-ed
• wheel-clamping
...drivers forced to pay wheel-clamping charges.
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