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rap sheet

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

Origin:
1955–60; see rap 1 (def. 12)
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rap sheet  
n.   Slang
A police arrest record.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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(rap) sheet

  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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