showup
showup Lexical Profile
• noun
American A pretrial police identification procedure in which a single criminal suspect is presented alone to a witness or victim for potential identification, as distinguished from a multi-person lineup.
"The defense attorney argued that the roadside showup was overly suggestive and violated the suspect's due process rights."
An act or instance of exposing someone's faults, pretensions, or deceit to public view.
"The investigative report resulted in a humiliating showup of the company's fraudulent accounting practices."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse the solid compound noun 'showup' (a police identification procedure or a public unmasking) with the two-word phrasal verb 'show up' (to arrive or to embarrass someone).
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