blotter
Americannoun
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a piece of blotting paper used to absorb excess ink, to protect a desk top, etc.
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a book in which transactions or events, as sales or arrests, are recorded as they occur.
a police blotter.
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Machinery. a soft washer of blotting paper or felt for cushioning a brittle object against shock or pressure or for increasing the friction or contact area between two surfaces.
noun
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something used to absorb excess ink or other liquid, esp a sheet of blotting paper with a firm backing
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a daily record of events, such as arrests, in a police station (esp in the phrase police blotter )
Etymology
Origin of blotter
1585–95; 1887 blotter for def. 2; blot 1 + -er 1
Example Sentences
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An update to SPD Blotter was posted Wednesday with photos of the alleged suspects.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023
The suspected shooter fled the scene in “a sedan type vehicle in an unknown direction,” Officer Judinna Gulpan wrote on the SPD Blotter.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2023
The Seattle Times originally reported Thursday about the case, after Seattle police posted an item about the incident on the department’s online Blotter.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 22, 2018
I really admired “The Best Police Blotter in America—Revisited,” in which Leon Neyfakh reconsidered his praise, just a few days earlier, of the Point Reyes Light’s police blotter.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2015
Akins 186,223 Belt shipping attachment, R. Denmark 186,318 Blotter and paper clip, C.B.
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