Identikit
Britishnoun
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a set of transparencies of various typical facial characteristics that can be superimposed on one another to build up, on the basis of a description, a picture of a person sought by the police
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( as modifier )
an Identikit picture
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(modifier) artificially created by copying different elements in an attempt to form a whole
an identikit pop group
Example Sentences
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The Danish word, previously unknown to all but the most hardcore Scandophiles, is now the subject of an avalanche of books, hundreds of Identikit newspaper features, and endless department-store winter displays.
From The Guardian • Nov. 22, 2016
Rather than the swinging city, Truffaut turned his camera on the Identikit suburbs and brutalist housing estates outside the central London bubble.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2016
He gets lots of Identikit Rod submissions, all swirling bagpipes and roaming in the gloaming, but he ignores them.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2013
Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph After a nationwide search, intensive profiling and hundreds of interviews, they have come up with - an Identikit model!
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2012
The band reportedly has prepared up to 75 songs for the tour, among them the new "Identikit" and "Cut a Hole," as well as a few rare B sides.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2012
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