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fingerprints

 
Noun fingerprint has 3 senses
  1. fingerprint - biometric identification from a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used as evidence in criminal investigations
    --1 is a kind of
    print, black and white; biometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verification
    --1 has particulars: loop; thumbprint
    Derived form: verb fingerprint1
  2. fingerprint - a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
    --2 is a kind of
    identification
  3. fingermark, fingerprint - a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
    --3 is a kind of smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
    Derived form: verb fingerprint1
Verb fingerprint has 1 sense
  1. fingerprint - take an impression of a person's fingerprints
    --1 is one way to
    reproduce
    Derived forms: noun fingerprint3, noun fingerprint1, noun fingerprinting1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to fingerprint the prisoners
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