(India) A person with a criminal record, especially an extensive one.
(India) A person with a criminal record, especially an extensive one.
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a person with a criminal record.
(India) A rap sheet.
Indian English for a rap sheet — the official police record documenting a person's criminal history, arrests, and charges. The term is widely used across Indian law enforcement and judiciary contexts. Having a history sheet against your name carries serious social weight in India, often affecting employment and community standing. The phrase is so embedded in Indian legal culture that it has largely replaced 'police record' in everyday use.
(NZ, slang) A person with multiple criminal convictions; a career criminal.
(US, law, criminology) A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.