This seems a nicer episode than the "Possession" one I was working on
last week, but please do not spoil the ending for me, as I like to
watch it while translating! I've stumbled on a sentence by Green,
discussin the Browning 9mm which has been confirmed as the murder
weapon. He goes: "...wiped clean. Latent got a partial on the clip,
but so far no hits".

This is a multiple riddle to me.

1) Does "wiped clean" mean the serial number has been scraped off or
just that it was cleaned for good after using it? It might be the
second meaning, as later on Van Buren asks about serial numbers an ìd
Green answers "they were filed down, lab's trying to raise them"...
Why would she ask him that if she knew the pistol had been wiped
clean? (I suppose "filed down" means "scraped off" and "raise them"
means trying to recover them, am I wrong?)

2) What does "latent" mean?

3) What's a "partial on the clip"?

I'll go back to translating, hope someone remembers this episode
(guest starring Gary Busey and Joe Piscopo!),
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Alberto
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