suspect description

Perpetrator physical profile

A suspect description is a summary of identifying characteristics used by law enforcement to locate a person believed to have committed a crime.

It typically includes physical features like height, weight, build, hair color, and clothing: Police released a suspect description matching witnesses' accounts.

The term appears in news reports and official communications when authorities are seeking someone.

Related

height · build · clothing · tattoo · scar · distinguishing · features · wanted · poster · mugshot · lineup · identify · police · report · APB · be on the lookout · armed and dangerous · eyewitness

Opposites
identification certainty

suspect descriptioneyewitness identification

Recognizing a culprit firsthand

lineup identification

legal status

suspect descriptioncriminal record

Log of past convictions

arrest record · conviction record · rap sheet · exoneration

visual documentation type

suspect descriptionmug shot

Police identification photograph

booking photo · photograph · surveillance footage · photographic evidence · biometric data

Family

suspect, suspects, suspected, suspecting, suspicion, suspicions, suspicious, suspiciously, unsuspected

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