E-FIT

/ ˈiːfɪt /

noun

1. a technique which uses psychological principles and computer technology to generate a likeness of a face: used by the police to trace suspects from witnesses' descriptions
2. an image generated by this technique

Word History and Origins

Origin of E-FIT¹

C20: from E lectronic F acial I dentification T echnique

Example Sentences

He also bore a resemblance to an e-fit of a man with whom Ms Lamplugh was seen talking to on the day she went missing - thought to be the mysterious Mr Kipper.

From BBC

He also bore a resemblance to an e-fit of a man with whom Ms Lamplugh was seen talking on the day she went missing - thought to be the mysterious Mr Kipper.

From BBC

They had been kept along with a thin wedge of case notes from the original investigation and an e-fit she had helped create at the time.

From BBC

Using a system known as Electronic Facial Identification Technique, or E-FIT for short, the Kent police mocked up a computer-generated composite of the suspect’s identifying features, which, uh, came out looking like this:

From Slate

This isn’t even the sole E-FIT mockup to bring mockery onto the Kent fuzz: After a group of men attempted to steal a pedestrian’s watch in the town of Maidstone last month, the Kent Police produced another that spurred far more celebrity-lookalike comparisons—this time to radio broadcaster Rylan Clark—than any actually helpful leads.

From Slate