: a known record of having been arrested in the past for committing a crime
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Adults, few of them with a violent criminal record, were hit first.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026 Zimbler does not have a criminal record, and hadn’t been to the nation’s capital in three decades.—
Ella Moore
july 2,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026 Ventura’s lawyer, Jeffrey Chabrowe, called his client a hard-working man with no criminal record.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026 Robinson also had health issues, had no criminal record and was recruited into the scheme by her closest friend of more than 30 years, Bell said.—
Nathan Pilling
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
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