double-parking

English

Verb

double-parking

  1. present participle and gerund of double-park
    Alternative form: double parking

Noun

double-parking (uncountable)

  2. The (usually illegal) act of parking beside a car that is already parked at the side of the street, thus obstructing both the flow of traffic and the egress of the blocked vehicle.
    Alternative form: double parking
    Hypernym: parking
    • 2009, Ira Gershkoff, Richard Trachtman, The Boston Driver's Handbook: The Almost Post Big Dig Edition, →ISBN:
      In addition, the many fine restaurants of the area bring on a high incidence of double-parking.
    • 2014, The Great Body Bible: Total Self Improvement Guide, →ISBN:
      Many years ago when I was young – many years ago – double-parking was a traffic offence.
    • 2018, A. Mitchell Polinsky, An Introduction To Law and Economics, →ISBN:
      Thus, if the fine is set appropriately, the optimal deterrence of double-parking violations can be achieved with each expenditure of enforcement.

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