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livescan

noun, verb — 2 senses

livescan

noun

Etymology From live + scan.

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:

livescan

verb

Etymology From live + scan.

1

To obtain fingerprint images electronically.

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