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clean chit

clean chit noun: a (usually oral) exoneration given by law enforcement agencies to suspects in a crime, likely to be flawed.

Noun

clean chit (countable and uncountable, plural clean chits)

  1. (India) A (usually oral) exoneration given by law enforcement agencies to suspects in a crime, likely to be flawed.

Forms of clean chit

pluralclean chits

Questions about clean chit

What does clean chit mean?
Clean chit means a (usually oral) exoneration given by law enforcement agencies to suspects in a crime, likely to be flawed.
What part of speech is clean chit?
Clean chit is a noun.
What is the plural of clean chit?
The plural of clean chit is clean chits.

Words near clean chit in the dictionary

  1. clean bowls
  2. clean break
  3. clean breaks
  4. clean bulk
  5. clean bulks
  6. clean chit
  7. clean chits
  8. clean coal
  9. clean code
  10. clean coder
  11. clean coders

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