"rap sheet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rap sheets [plural]
Etymology: From RAP (“record of arrest and prosecution”) + sheet. Etymology templates: {{af|en|RAP|sheet|gloss1=record of arrest and prosecution}} RAP (“record of arrest and prosecution”) + sheet Head templates: {{en-noun}} rap sheet (plural rap sheets)
  1. (US, law, criminology) A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction. Tags: US Categories (topical): Criminology, Law Synonyms: history sheet [India] Related terms: charge sheet Translations (Printed police record): 警方逮捕紀錄 (Chinese Mandarin), 警方逮捕纪录 (jǐngfāng dàibǔ jìlù) (Chinese Mandarin), strafblad [neuter] (Dutch), rikosrekisteri (Finnish), casier judiciaire [masculine] (French), rulleblad [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), straffregister [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rap_sheet-en-noun-RNaSlVGb Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: criminology, human-sciences, law, sciences

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