double park

English

Verb

double park (third-person singular simple present double parks, present participle double parking, simple past and past participle double parked)

1. Alternative form of double-park
   • 2005, Andrew Thomas Breslin, Mother's Milk, →ISBN, page 156:

     They double park. They park next to fire hydrants. They ignore meters, rarely troubling to fish for coins in the cushions of their seats (not that their zlotys, crowns, and francs would do them any good.)

   • 2005, Francesco Parisi, Vernon L. Smith, The Law and Economics of Irrational Behavior, →ISBN, page 268:

     In deciding whether to double park, a resident of Econville will compare his benefit from double parking to the expected fine.. .Therefore, to achieve optimal deterrence – that is, deterrence only of those double-parking violations in which the benefits are less than the [previously stipulated] $10 congestion cost – it is necessary for the expected fine to equal $10. . .

   • 2014, Janice Burkett, Kiss Me on the Inside, →ISBN:

     Keisha decided to double park and blocked Pastor Blake Bentley.

   • 2018, A. Mitchell Polinsky, An Introduction To Law and Economics, →ISBN:

     A risk-neutral person will double park if his benefit exceeds the expected fine.