ghost plate in English

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        "A license plate illegally designed to be unreadable by automatic license plate recognition systems."
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        "(slang) A license plate illegally designed to be unreadable by automatic license plate recognition systems."
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          "word": "stealth plate"
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  "word": "ghost plate"
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      "form": "ghost plates",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A license plate illegally designed to be unreadable by automatic license plate recognition systems."
      ],
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        [
          "license plate",
          "license plate"
        ],
        [
          "unreadable",
          "unreadable"
        ],
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          "automatic",
          "automatic"
        ],
        [
          "license plate",
          "license plate"
        ],
        [
          "recognition",
          "recognition"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ]
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        "(slang) A license plate illegally designed to be unreadable by automatic license plate recognition systems."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "stealth plate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ghost plate"
}

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"ghost plate" meaning in English

Noun