transcription, транскрипция: [ fɪŋgə(r)prɪnt ]
( fingerprints, fingerprinting, fingerprinted)
1.
Fingerprints are marks made by a person’s fingers which show the lines on the skin. Everyone’s fingerprints are different, so they can be used to identify criminals.
The detective discovered no fewer than 35 fingerprints.
N-COUNT : usu pl
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If the police take someone’s fingerprints , they make that person press their fingers onto a pad covered with ink, and then onto paper, so that they know what that person’s fingerprints look like.
They were photographed and had their fingerprints taken.
PHRASE : V inflects
2.
If someone is fingerprinted , the police take their fingerprints.
He took her to jail, where she was fingerprinted and booked.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed