rap sheet

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rap sheet

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

noun rap sheets

  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

    Similar: history sheet

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noun Printed police record

中文警方逮捕紀錄 /警方逮捕纪录 jǐngfāng dàibǔ jìlù
Françaiscasier judiciaire
DeutschStrafregister

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@misc{rap_sheet_2026,
  title = {rap sheet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rap%20sheet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}