palm print
noun
variants
or less commonly palmprint
plural palm prints also palmprints
: a print of the palm of a hand : an impression of the lines and wrinkles of the palm of a hand on a surface
And one hard clue turned up: police say Steven Benson's palm print was found on a receipt for pipe like that used in the bombing.—
Newsweek
Newsweek… the texturing is the palm print of the artist's hand.—Anne Stevens
Anne StevensAlthough Oswald's right palmprint was found on the rifle's stock, someone could have left the rifle there to implicate him.—David Fisher
David Fisher
also
: an ink impression or digital image of such a print taken or made for the purpose of identification
"I'll be right over," his lawyer Watson Bryant told him. "They want your hair, they want your palm prints …" —Marie Brenner
Marie Brenner Examples of palm print in a Sentence
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Investigators also found palm prints on the hood of Duckett’s patrol car that matched Teresa, which prosecutors claimed was from her being raped while on the car and trying to push away.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Nearly every inch of the wall is stamped with finger and palm prints.
—Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026
He is then fingerprinted and gives palm prints before being sent to prison.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
During the hearings this week, police investigators involved in the case testified that authorities found Nanita’s palm print on the storage bin.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Investigators also determined his DNA matched the sample collected from underneath Plasse's fingernails, and his palm print matched the one authorities found on the scene.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
Your fingerprint or palm print.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Nov. 2025
Under the rule, the agency could ask for facial images, iris scans, finger and palm prints, voice prints and even DNA.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Wuornos was first suspected of murder after her palm print was found in Siems' car and her prints were matched in a database connected to her past crimes.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2026
Nearly every inch of the wall is stamped with finger and palm prints.
—Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026
He is then fingerprinted and gives palm prints before being sent to prison.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
During the hearings this week, police investigators involved in the case testified that authorities found Nanita’s palm print on the storage bin.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Investigators also determined his DNA matched the sample collected from underneath Plasse's fingernails, and his palm print matched the one authorities found on the scene.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
Your fingerprint or palm print.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Nov. 2025
Under the rule, the agency could ask for facial images, iris scans, finger and palm prints, voice prints and even DNA.
—Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Wuornos was first suspected of murder after her palm print was found in Siems' car and her prints were matched in a database connected to her past crimes.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Palm print.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palm%20print. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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