(especially BrE) a mark made by the pattern of lines on the tip of a person's finger, often used by the police to identify criminals:
His fingerprints were all over the gun. * to take a suspect's fingerprints * The car was examined for fingerprints.
seealsoGENETICFINGERPRINT
fingerprint verb:
[VN] I was booked, fingerprinted and locked up for the night.
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