dust for fingerprints

Frequency: 5.00.8 per million words

Used to describe the police action of searching for and collecting fingerprints at a crime scene.

dust forVERB + NOUN

Categories:

fingerprint

Examples (10)

  • The forensics team is here to dust for fingerprints.
  • They immediately began to dust for fingerprints on the steering wheel.
  • "Don't touch anything! We still need to dust for fingerprints," the officer warned.
  • The rookie was shown how to properly dust for fingerprints.
  • After they dusted for fingerprints, they found a partial match.
  • Is it standard procedure to dust for fingerprints on every surface?
  • The team spent hours dusting for fingerprints throughout the entire house.
  • The weapon was carefully bagged before they could dust for fingerprints back at the lab.
  • Even though it seemed unlikely, they decided to dust for fingerprints on the victim's shoes.
  • The crime scene was too contaminated to effectively dust for fingerprints.