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fingerprintable

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English

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Etymology

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From fingerprint +‎ -able.

Adjective

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fingerprintable (comparative more fingerprintable, superlative most fingerprintable)

  1. (of an event, offense, etc) That warrants or justifies taking a fingerprint or fingerprints.
    • 2012, Joseph R. Carrieri, LexisNexis AnswerGuide New York Family Court Proceedings[1]:
      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. (of a person, data, etc) That can be fingerprinted.
    • 2011, Russ Rogers, Nessus Network Auditing[2]:
      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.