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addaword.gifdefinition of jigsaw identification

noun
the ability to identify someone by using two or more different pieces of information from two or more sources, especially when the person's identity is meant to be secret for legal reasons
Care may also need to be taken to scrutinise other media as well as our own, to minimise the “jigsaw effect” – where the BBC publishes certain facts, and another media organisation releases others, and the reports, taken together, reveal identity.
Submitted by: Harris Park from United Kingdom on 18/07/2011 14:07:00
Definition of jigsaw identification from the Open Dictionary – a public resource hosted by Macmillan English Dictionary Online

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