Fingerprinting vocabulary

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Fingerprinting vocabulary

• FBI, Law enforcement

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Latent prints

• A fingerprint left on something, you may not be
  able to see it with the naked eye.

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Match

• When two things are the same, identical, equal.

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Ridges

• Ridges are bumps on the fingers or fingerprints.

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Chemicals

• Materials that are used in labs, they could be
  powders, liquids, or solids.

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Powder

• A powder is a solid substance in many fine
  particles like sand.

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Alternative light source

• A different light than sunlight or regular lights.

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Unit personnel

• People working for a unit / group.

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Conclusive comparisons

• A comparison that shows two prints to be equal /
  the same / identical.

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Prior arrest record

• The list of crimes you committed in the past.

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enhancement

• Making something (a fingerprint) better.

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repository

• Group of things (fingerprints)

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Foreign

• Not from here.

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squad

• A group of people (usually military or
  government).

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deceased

• Dead, not alive, in heaven, passed away.

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training

• Schooling, learning new things.

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local

• From here (close by).

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entity

• Organization, person, group.