Fingerprintable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That warrants or justifies taking a fingerprint or fingerprints.

    "It appears, under the Leandre C. rationale, a youth could be printed for investigatory police purposes prior to an arrest, but might not be eligible for fingerprinting upon arrest because the charge is not a fingerprintable offense."

  2. 2
    That can be fingerprinted.

    "Many are silent upon connection until you send them the expected string, but some will actually prompt you for a login in identifiable and fingerprintable ways."

Example

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"It appears, under the Leandre C. rationale, a youth could be printed for investigatory police purposes prior to an arrest, but might not be eligible for fingerprinting upon arrest because the charge is not a fingerprintable offense."

Etymology

From fingerprint + -able.

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