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TRAF-ik-wordn/ˈtræfɪk ˌwɔːdn/

A traffic warden (id: traffic-warden) is a UK official who checks parking and can issue tickets. Many councils now say civil enforcement officer, but traffic warden is still widely understood. A speed camera is a machine; a police officer deals with moving traffic too. Countable.

Meaning

An official who checks parking and can give tickets (UK).

Examples

• “A traffic warden was putting a ticket on a car on double yellow lines.”
• “The traffic warden had already started writing when we ran back with the ticket.”
• “You will not see a traffic warden on the private supermarket car park; that is a private firm.”

Good to know

a traffic warden (UK). Close: a civil enforcement officer. Contrast: a speed camera / a police officer.

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