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rap sheet

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noun Slang.

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

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Origin of rap sheet

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

Words nearby rap sheet

rapport, rapporteur, rapprochement, rapscallion, rap session, rap sheet, rap someone's knuckles, rapt, raptor, raptorial, rapture
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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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