Photofit is a technique used by the police for building up an accurate image of someone to fit a witness' description. Photographs, rather than drawings, of individual features are used to construct an image of a suspect.
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photofit — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a picture of a person made from composite photographs of facial features … English terms dictionary
Photofit — [[t]fo͟ʊtoʊfɪt[/t]] Photofits N COUNT A Photofit is a picture of someone wanted by the police which is made up of several photographs or drawings of different parts of the face. Compare identikit. [BRIT, TRADEMARK] The girl sat down with a police … English dictionary
Photofit — UK [ˈfəʊtəʊˌfɪt] / US [ˈfoʊtoʊˌfɪt] Word forms Photofit : singular Photofit plural Photofits trademark British a picture of someone s face that the police make by combining photographs of parts of different faces … English dictionary
photofit — noun An image of a person constructed out of bits of photographs of other people; a facial composite. The witness was called in to create a photofit resembling her memory of the attacker … Wiktionary
photofit — pho·to·fit s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} fotokit {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1974. ETIMO: nome commerciale, comp. di photo 2foto e (to) fit allestire … Dizionario italiano
photofit — {{hw}}{{photofit}}{{/hw}}Sistema di identificazione personale analogo all identikit, nel quale si utilizzano particolari del volto presi da fotografie anziché disegni … Enciclopedia di italiano
Photofit — Pho|to|fit [ˈfəutəufıt US ˈfoutou ] n [U] trademark BrE a way of making a picture of a face using photographs of parts of different faces, used to help the police catch a criminal … Dictionary of contemporary English
Photofit — Pho|to|fit [ foutou,fıt ] BRITISH TRADEMARK a picture of someone s face that the police make by combining photographs of parts of different faces … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
photofit — noun Brit. a picture of a person, especially one sought by the police, made from composite photographs of facial features … English new terms dictionary
Photofit — noun (U) BrE trademark a way of making a picture of a face using a collection of photographs of parts of different faces, used to help the police catch a criminal … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
