to fingerprint
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4.3
- verb
- /ˈfɪŋɡərˌprɪnt/
:
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- Prospective employees must be fingerprinted and pay the nominal fee that the police, sheriff, and DMV charge, usually about $15.
- to fingerprint and photograph
But if you want to get away, if you want to get to New York without being processed or vetted or fingerprinted, you pay a lot more.
- But if you want to get away, if you want to get to New York without being processed or vetted or fingerprinted, you pay a lot more.
- They illegally fingerprint it because there's been no crime committed and they fingerprint that letter.
Examples
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I had to get myself down to the local police department and get fingerprinted.
Blog text (31) -
We fingerprinted every person apprehended, then ran the prints through a computerized fingerprint identification system.
Academic text (1993) -
I have to take you in and book and fingerprint you.
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We cannot let them ever fingerprint us.
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To chase them down and fingerprint them?
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There, you will be fingerprinted.
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Has he ever been fingerprinted?
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Kenny will take you to get fingerprinted on the way out.
Fiction book (1990) -
All applicants for a liquor license have to get fingerprinted.
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Last week, my hospital started fingerprinting the staff as part of a security upgrade.
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.1
A person who looks at prints left by fingers to identify people, often in police work
- Specialized
1
4.5
A person who finds and compares marks left by fingers to help the police
How Thorough
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4.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
To fingerprint someone is to take the finger's print, the 'mark' made by their finger, so police or security can identify that person.