RAP SHEET | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of rap sheet in English

(Definition of rap sheet from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of rap sheet

rap sheet
He traded a shelf of trophies for a rap sheet of felony convictions.
His adult rap sheet includes battery on a spouse or cohabitant in 2003.
His victims, many of them elderly condo owners and loft-scene artists, said they had no clue about his rap sheet.
They characterize him as a known criminal with a rap sheet littered with drug offenses.
I know your rap sheet.
Background checks on those who were stopped reveal that scores of them have lengthy rap sheets.
Some of the rap sheets can be misleading, she said.
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They used the background data without consent and had rap sheets pulled by databases used by law enforcement and security organizations.
The director said she has seen the long-term damage school arrests and criminal rap sheets have on students.
We both had squeaky-clean rap sheets.
He frowned at the rap sheet, trying to figure out what got a girl like her into a place like this.
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Translations of rap sheet

in Chinese (Traditional)
(警方保存的)犯罪記錄…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(警方保存的)犯罪记录…
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