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tattooing  

Definition

  • tattoo-like alterations to human skin caused by grains of gunpowder being driven into the skin. The presence of tattooing can reveal the distance between a shooter and the person shot. [Source: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice; Tattooing]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LB42QF0X-N

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