1. past tense and past participle of fingerprint; to take the fingerprints of a person, typically for identification or criminal records
Usage: commonly used in law enforcement and security contexts

1. having had fingerprints taken and recorded; identified by fingerprints

Examples

• The suspect was fingerprinted at the police station.
• All employees were fingerprinted before starting work.
• She had been fingerprinted during the background check process.
• The fingerprinted records were stored in the database.
• New volunteers must be fingerprinted for security purposes.
• He was fingerprinted and released pending trial.