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noun
A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: criminology, human-sciences, law, sciences
Synonyms: history sheet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: blotter, day book, police blotter, charge sheet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: written record, written account
History
From RAP (“record of arrest and prosecution”) + sheet.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
