What is the meaning of fingerprint?

noun

  • A print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations.
  • A generic term for any identifying characteristic.
    • usage: "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
  • A smudge made by a (dirty) finger.

verb

  • Take an impression of a person's fingerprints. .
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