Identikit Picture (Noun)
Meaning
A likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The police created an identikit picture of the suspect based on descriptions from multiple eyewitnesses who witnessed the robbery.
- A detailed identikit picture was released to the public in hopes of identifying the suspect and solving the murder case.
- The investigatory team crafted an identikit picture using accounts of the victim's family and friends who had seen the perpetrator.
- To aid in their search, detectives constructed an identikit picture of the missing child's abductor from witness descriptions.
- A composite or identikit picture of the suspect was distributed throughout the neighborhood and published in local newspapers.