fingertip-searched
English translation: Expression used by British police
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| 5 +2 | British expression used by police |
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| 3 | thoroughly searched // searched up and down |
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thoroughly searched // searched up and down Explanation: I am not familiar with the phrase "fingertip-searched" but this seems to clearly be the meaning. Either of these terms could serve as replacements. |
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23 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2British expression used by police Explanation: "Fingertip Search" is an expression used by the British police, e.g. in this BBC story from August 19, 2002, "Fingertip search for clues", which describes such a search of a scene where bodies were found: In investigations of this kind, scenes of crime officers cordon off the area and decide what type of experts are needed to help in the operation. Wearing goggles, gloves and disposable sterile paper or plastic suits, officers crawl towards the bodies from a radius of several metres. They pick up everything found with the naked eye while a police photographer and cameraman take pictures and video to help psychologists build a character profile of the killer. An exhibits officer separately collects and places articles in sealed and labelled polythene bags. Once the fingertip search is complete, raised aluminium or wooden platforms are erected to reach the bodies without disturbing the earth beneath. http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002327.h... |
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