showup

See also: show up

English

Etymology

show up; compare lineup.

Noun

showup (plural showups)

1. The showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.
   • 2008, Ronald J. Bacigal, Criminal Law and Procedure: An Overview, page 160:

     Following arrest, the most commonly used identification procedures are lineups, showups, photographic arrays, fingerprinting, DNA,...