fingerprinted

Left prints behind

Fingerprinted is the past tense of fingerprint, meaning to record someone's fingerprints, typically by pressing inked fingers onto paper or a digital scanner.

Police fingerprint suspects during booking.

The word also works as an adjective: Every applicant was fingerprinted and photographed.

Figuratively, something fingerprinted has been marked or identified in a distinctive way.

biometric

scanner

Device that reads data

identification · enrollment · template · AFIS · recognition · algorithm · access · control · physiological · pattern

physical

ink

Writing fluid

  • whorlsSpiral arrangements around center
  • loopsSelf-crossing curved shapes
  • archesWeight-bearing curved spans

ridges · impressions · smudge · print · pad · rolled · flat · card · stained · inked

forensic

evidence

Facts supporting truth

detective · clues · suspect · culprit · incriminating · proof · DNA · latent · dusting · powder

security

access

Right to enter

clearance · background · check · vetting · screening · surveillance · monitoring · safeguard · protection · confidentiality

figurative

identified

Determined the identity of

tracked · linked · connected · implicated · associated · attributed · exposed · revealed · distinctive · signature

Categories
Opposites
identification/documentation status

fingerprintedunidentified

Not yet recognized

anonymous · undocumented · unregistered · unrecorded · untraceable

legal/criminal processing status

fingerprintedunbooked

Not yet claimed

unprocessed · released · cleared · uncharged · let go

Phrases
Family

fingerprint, fingerprints, fingerprinting

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G