fingerprintnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə.prɪnt/us/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ.prɪnt/informal print the pattern of curved lines on the end of a finger or thumb that is different in every person, or a mark left by this pattern:
His fingerprints were all over the gun.
The police have taken fingerprints from every man in the neighbourhood.
US UK fingermark a mark left by dirt or oil from someone's finger on a clean surface
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The hand
- -fingered
- ball
- carpal
- carpometacarpal
- carpus
- digitorum
- flat
- knuckle
- middle finger
- palm
- paw
- pollicis
- right-handed
- right-hander
- ring finger
- thenar
- triquetrum
- two-handed
- volar
- volaris
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fingerprintverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə.prɪnt/us/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ.prɪnt/to record the pattern of someone's fingerprints:
We would like to fingerprint every one of your employees.
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Detection & solving crimes
- all-points bulletin
- APB
- breath test
- breathalyse
- Breathalyser
- frisk
- genetic fingerprinting
- identity parade
- informant
- lie detector
- manhunt
- mugshot
- neighbourhood watch
- random breath test
- RBT
- reconstruction
- reward
- rogues' gallery
- tracker dog
- videofit
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