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showup

showup

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English

Noun

showup (plural showups)

  1. The showing of a suspect to a victim by police in the hope of identifying the suspect as the culprit.
    • 2008, Ronald J. Bacigal, Criminal Law and Procedure: An Overview (page 160)
      Following arrest, the most commonly used identification procedures are lineups, showups, photographic arrays, fingerprinting, DNA,...