fingerprint

Words with a similar base: fingerprint

'fingerprint'

[fingerprint.n.01] as in: a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations

'fingerprint'

[fingerprint.n.02] as in: a generic term for any identifying characteristic

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Examples:
that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it

'fingerprint'

[fingermark.n.01] as in: a smudge made by a (dirty) finger

'fingerprint'

[fingerprint.v.01] as in: take an impression of a person's fingerprints