rap sheet

rap sheet

noun Slang.
a record kept by law-enforcement authorities of a person's arrests and convictions.

Origin:
1955–60; see rap1 (def. 13)
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rap sheet
 
n
informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) a police record of an individual's criminal history

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(rap) sheet definition


  1. n.
    a criminal record listing all recorded criminal charges. (See also rap.) : The sergeant asked if there was a sheet on the prisoner.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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