"clean chit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clean chits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} clean chit (countable and uncountable, plural clean chits)
  1. (India) A (usually oral) exoneration given by law enforcement agencies to suspects in a crime, likely to be flawed. Tags: India, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-clean_chit-en-noun-SOLkQMrc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Indian English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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            "Emergency services",
            "Law",
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            "Public safety",
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          "crime",
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