rap sheet

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noun Slang.

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

Origin of rap sheet

1955–60; rap¹ (in the slang sense “a criminal charge”)

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British Dictionary definitions for rap sheet

rap sheet

noun

mainly US and Canadian informal a police record of an individual's criminal history

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