The Dictionary of Internal Security

Dictionary

English  
particulars - noun MP3
 
Definitions  
Def: 1. information or details written down officially
Example: Certain Acts enable a police officer to take identifying particulars (eg fingerprints, DNA, photographs and footprints ) of a person arrested for an offence
 
Usage note  
a formal word, usually plural
Word family  
  • particularity
  • particularize (Br E), particularise (Am E)
 
Collocations  
  • identifying particulars
  • to take identifying particulars
  • destroy identyfying particulars
  • provide (general) particulars of the offence
 
See also  
 
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