Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US)A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.

    rap sheet a mile long

    a mile-long rap sheet

    Strafregister

    the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station

Examples

2 sentences
  1. He's got a rap sheet as long as my arm.

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  2. He has a rap sheet the length of the Bible.

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
Printed police record:

Origin

From RAP (“record of arrest and prosecution”) + sheet.

From RAP (“record of arrest and prosecution”) + sheet.

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Forms

plural: rap sheets
Singularrap sheet
Pluralrap sheets

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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