E-FIT
Britishnoun
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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
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an image generated by this technique
Etymology
Origin of E-FIT
C20: from E lectronic F acial I dentification T echnique
Example Sentences
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But as the Kent E-FIT debacle reminds us, such pencil pushers still have a lot to teach our modern-day crime stoppers, and even the fanciest image model can’t beat a trained sketch artist just yet.
From Slate • May 1, 2024
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 • May 1, 2024
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