livescan

livescan

English

Etymology

live +‎ scan

Noun

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

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

1. To obtain fingerprint images electronically.

Anagrams

• vescalin