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View synonyms for rap sheet

rap sheet

noun

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


rap sheet

noun

  1. informal.
    a police record of an individual's criminal history
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rap sheet1

1955–60; rap 1 (in the slang sense “a criminal charge”)

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