criminal record

American  

[krim-uh-nuhl rek-erd] / ˈkrɪm ə nəl ˈrɛk ərd /

noun

plural

criminal records

1. an officially recorded history of arrests, charges, or convictions associated with a person.

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Example Sentences

On Wednesday, CNN shared body camera footage from the shooting of Marimar Martinez, a Montessori school teacher in Chicago with no criminal record.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Gonzalez was an asylum-seeker with no criminal record but was deported to Mexico.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Harris said most of people held at the detention facility “have no criminal record whatsoever, and yet the government treats them worse than the highest-security criminals.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Its lawyers said the incident had not been foreseeable, as the driver in question had strong ratings by passengers and no criminal record.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

She began to associate with Ralph Myers, a white man with a badly disfigured face and lengthy criminal record who seemed to perfectly embody her fall from grace.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson