Wheel clamp
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
noun
Denver boot
Examples
A wheel clamp is sometimes used as a vehicle anti-theft device.
Word Origin
1980
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