rap sheet

noun

Definition of rap sheet

: a police arrest record especially for an individual

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Rangel's rap sheet in Harris County dates back to the early 90s, court records show. — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, "Houston DWI suspect who escaped from hospital captured 5 days later," 18 June 2018 Callaway was also cited in May for marijuana possession during a traffic stop while in the car with a man who has a lengthy rap sheet. — Jordan Mcpherson, miamiherald, "Who is Antonio Callaway, the Florida wide receiver drafted by the Cleveland Browns?," 28 Apr. 2018 Donhauser-Sagmoen has a lengthy rap sheet that includes a pending vehicle theft and violation of conditions of release case from March. — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, "‘Life is completely not normal’: Chugiak family’s life turned upside down by burglary," 12 July 2018 That’s quite a rap sheet for an investigation that’s lasted less than half of the time that the House select committee on Benghazi existed (May 2014 to December 2016). — Chuck Todd, NBC News, "Supreme Court battle overshadows bad news for Trump," 9 July 2018 Green has quite the rap sheet, according to Alachua County Circuit Court records. — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, "They were shopping at Publix. He was lying in wait in their backseat, cops say | Miami Herald," 21 May 2018 Boatwright, of Fort Lauderdale, was already in jail for a July 5 arrest on an unrelated drug charge when detectives added a first-degree murder charge to his rap sheet. — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Gunman in XXXTentacion murder arrested, Sheriff’s Office says," 11 July 2018 Gebhardt and his brother-in-law were laborers at a pulp mill, but had reputations as toughs with nasty, racist streaks — and rap sheets: Gebhardt had been charged with aggravated assault several times and had spent time in a Georgia penitentiary. — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, "A black man was murdered for dating a white woman. His killer was sentenced — 35 years later.," 27 June 2018 One effort, known as Operation LASER, which began in 2011, crunches information about past offenders over a two-year period, using technology developed by the shadowy data analysis firm Palantir, and scores individuals based on their rap sheets. — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, "How the LAPD Uses Data to Predict Crime," 22 May 2018

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