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Etymology

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live +‎ scan

Noun

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livescan (plural livescans)

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

Verb

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livescan (third-person singular simple present livescans, present participle livescanning, simple past and past participle livescanned)

  1. To obtain fingerprint images electronically.

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