rap sheet

noun

: a police arrest record especially for an individual

Examples of rap sheet in a Sentence

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During a mid-January match, All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson had received an inbounds pass and swiveled into his defender, Dyson Daniels, a culprit with hand speed that rivals Billy the Kid’s — and with a rap sheet of steals to match. Fred Katz, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 As long as a summer’s day on a gator boat tour, as long as a rattlesnake who just got a spinal adjustment, as long as a rap sheet. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 Texas and Tennessee, for example, are expanding preventive detention to ensure that individuals with long rap sheets or serious charges can’t simply pay their way out. Lisel Petis, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2025 Listen to this article A recidivist New York City thief with more than 100 arrests on his rap sheet, who was involved in nine shoplifting cases from February through April, according to cops, was cuffed again Thursday at a Greenwich Village subway station, the Daily News has learned. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rap sheet

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rap sheet was in 1940

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“Rap sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rap%20sheet. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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