drag marks
Pulled object evidence
Drag marks are the traces left when something heavy is pulled across a surface—scuff lines on a floor, grooves in dirt, or streaks through dust.
The term appears frequently in crime scene descriptions, where drag marks may indicate a body was moved: Police found drag marks leading from the bedroom to the garage.
Any surface that records the friction of something being dragged can show drag marks.
- skidUncontrolled lateral slide
- trailPath through wilderness
- blood trailDroplets from fleeing wounded
- scrapeRub harshly against
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
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- Crime Scenecrime scene, evidence bag, evidence bags, crime tape, yellow tape
- wear damageabrasion, fraying, pilling, thinning, threadbare
- trace fossilstrace fossils, trackway, trackways, burrows, burrow
- animal tracksbear tracks, bird tracks, deer tracks, moose tracks, rabbit tracks
- markingsspots, specks, speckles, lines, dots
locomotion evidence
drag marksfootprints
Marks left by walking
footsteps · shoe prints · tracks · tire tracks · hoofprints
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