fingerprinting

English Thesaurus

1. the procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints for the purpose of identification (noun.act)

hypernym	:	procedure, process,
definition	:	a particular course of action intended to achieve a result (noun.act)

derivation	:	fingerprint,
definition	:	take an impression of a person's fingerprints (verb.creation)

derivation	:	fingerprint,
definition	:	take an impression of a person's fingerprints (verb.creation)