fingerprint

(noun, verb)

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

Definition categories: communication, mark, print

2. a generic term for any identifying characteristic

- that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it

Definition categories: communication, identification

3. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger

Similar word(s): fingermark

Definition categories: attribute, blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot

verb

1. take an impression of a person's fingerprints

Definition categories: creation, reproduce

Sentences with fingerprint as a verb:

- The jail staff fingerprints its 'guests' routinely