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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There are lamps made out of gold palm trees, hyper-colourful palm prints on chairs and neon signs on tropical wallpaper.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
An unidentified partial palm print was found on her car, but there were no other substantial clues.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Other evidence police found at the crime scene included a partial palm print in blood.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2025
Vasquez’s palm print was identified on the handle of a kitchen knife recovered from the scene.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
Smith was identified as a suspect based in part on a bloody palm print found at the scene.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Ronnie Jones: On the rod was located a palm print and also, uh, blood.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2024
Boswell’s palm prints and fingerprints were found on the trash can where Evelyn’s body was found and on the aluminum foil wrapped around the body, according TBI tests.
—Myron Thompson, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2020
The house was filled with physical evidence: A bloody palm print.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
An unidentified partial palm print was found on her car, but there were no other substantial clues.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Other evidence police found at the crime scene included a partial palm print in blood.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2025
Vasquez’s palm print was identified on the handle of a kitchen knife recovered from the scene.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
Smith was identified as a suspect based in part on a bloody palm print found at the scene.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Ronnie Jones: On the rod was located a palm print and also, uh, blood.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2024
Boswell’s palm prints and fingerprints were found on the trash can where Evelyn’s body was found and on the aluminum foil wrapped around the body, according TBI tests.
—Myron Thompson, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2020
The house was filled with physical evidence: A bloody palm print.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 2 May 2025
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“Palm print.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palm%20print. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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