criminal record

criminal record
n.
An official history of a person’s arrests, convictions, sentences, and paroles; also called a rap sheet.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


criminal record
=>> record.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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