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Noun: fingerprinting  'fing-gu(r),prin-ting
  1. The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification
    "he voluntarily submitted to the fingerprinting"
Verb: fingerprint  'fing-gu(r),print
  1. Take an impression of a person's fingerprints
    "The police fingerprinted the suspect"

Derived forms: fingerprintings

Type of: procedure, process, reproduce

Encyclopedia: Fingerprinting

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