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livescan en · NOUN

Etymology

From live + scan.

Meanings

  1. A system for electronically and inklessly recording fingerprints.
    • In 1990 the St. Paul Police Department installed the earliest livescan system. [....] Some departments are now outfitting patrol cars with livescan readers. 2001, Simon A. Cole, Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification, page 257:

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livescans Number=Plur lexicographic

livescan en · VERB

Etymology

From live + scan.

Meanings

  1. To obtain fingerprint images electronically.

Forms

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livescanned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
livescanned Tense=Past lexicographic
livescanning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
livescans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic