charge sheet
noun
British
: a list kept by the police of all the times a person has been arrested
The suspect already has a long charge sheet.
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Newsweek has exclusively obtained, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the official charge sheet for Katia Trevon Bougere, a 31-year-old Texas man indicted on a murder charge in the April shooting of Abdul Rahman Waziri in Houston.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Arsenal’s manager kept a list of Aubameyang’s indiscretions — many of them related to punctuality — and, eventually, the charge sheet was too long.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Ong was charged with one count of abetting Iswaran’s receiving of valuables and one count of obstruction of justice, according to the charge sheet.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
The charge sheet listed the 202 people from 22 nations who died that day, seven of them Americans.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
Fani Willis, the Democratic district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., has assembled a 98-page charge sheet with 41 counts and 19 defendants, yet little fresh evidence regarding Mr. Trump.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2023
Adding the crime of aggression to Putin’s charge sheet would strengthen these existing dynamics.
—Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2023
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
Arsenal’s manager kept a list of Aubameyang’s indiscretions — many of them related to punctuality — and, eventually, the charge sheet was too long.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Ong was charged with one count of abetting Iswaran’s receiving of valuables and one count of obstruction of justice, according to the charge sheet.
—Reuters, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
The charge sheet listed the 202 people from 22 nations who died that day, seven of them Americans.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
Fani Willis, the Democratic district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., has assembled a 98-page charge sheet with 41 counts and 19 defendants, yet little fresh evidence regarding Mr. Trump.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2023
Adding the crime of aggression to Putin’s charge sheet would strengthen these existing dynamics.
—Rebecca Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2023
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“Charge sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/charge%20sheet. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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