rap sheet

noun, Slang.

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

Origin

1955-60; see rap¹ ( def 13 )

Examples from the web for rap sheet

It was often not possible to identify on the rap sheet the originating arrest that corresponded to that incarceration.
Those with cash and connections can clean up a rap sheet quickly.
But incineration comes with its own rap sheet of environmental and health-related pitfalls.
The suspect's rap sheet revealed that he had been arrested several times in other jurisdictions for burglary.

British Dictionary definitions for rap sheet

noun

(mainly US & Canadian, informal) a police record of an individual's criminal history

Slang definitions & phrases for rap sheet

noun phrase

: Their rap sheets listed convictions for the possession or sale of controlled substances (1960+)

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