fingerprint

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I - noun

1. a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger;
often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations (Freq. 5)
• Hypernyms:
mark, print, biometric identification, biometric authentication, identity verification
• Hyponyms:
loop, thumbprint
2. a generic term for any identifying characteristic
- that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it
• Hypernyms:
identification
3. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
• Syn:
fingermark
• Hypernyms:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear,
smirch, slur

II - verb

take an impression of a person's fingerprints
• Derivationally related forms:
fingerprinting
• Hypernyms:
reproduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They want to fingerprint the prisoners