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rap sheet

rap sheet noun: a printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.

Noun

rap sheet (plural 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
    • a mile-long rap sheet
    Synonyms:
    history sheet

Examples of rap sheet in a sentence

  • I'm not gonna tell her, hey, this is a bad guy with a rap sheet.2003 September 10, Thomas Lennon, quotee, 1:56 from the start, in Clementine Gets Married Reno 911!, Comedy Central, via YouTube, archived...
  • His application included a copy of his rap sheet; he was hired immediately.2022 May 26, Matthew Wolfe, “The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Synonyms of rap sheet

Forms of rap sheet

pluralrap sheets

Origin of rap sheet

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

Questions about rap sheet

What does rap sheet mean?
Rap sheet means a printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.
How do you use rap sheet in a sentence?
I'm not gonna tell her, hey, this is a bad guy with a rap sheet.
What part of speech is rap sheet?
Rap sheet is a noun.
What is the plural of rap sheet?
The plural of rap sheet is rap sheets.

Words near rap sheet in the dictionary

  1. rap jumping
  2. rap metal
  3. rap music
  4. rap opera
  5. rap rock
  6. rap sheet
  7. rap sheets
  8. rap someone's knuckles
  9. rap-full
  10. rap-like
  11. Rapa

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