demerit point

English

Noun

demerit point (plural demerit points)

1. (law) A point subtracted from a person's driver's license upon conviction of a driving offense, the accumulation of which may lead to additional penalties and/or loss of driving privileges.

Translations

point subtracted from a driver's license

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 扣分 (zh) (kòufēn)

• Danish: klip i kørekortet n (literally “punches in the driver's license”), klip n
• Finnish: rangaistuspiste (fi)
• Portuguese: ponto (na carteira) m (Brazil)
• Russian: штрафно́й ба́лл m (štrafnój báll)