rap sheet
(US, law, criminology) A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.
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PROBATION (6 hours) Spaced God Gotta immortalize this one on the rap sheet sorry Leper's Colony Entry
he also allowed clarence thomas to be nominated to the supreme court, despite his LONG rap sheet of sexual violence. but we’re not allowed to talk about that 🤫
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(US, law, criminology) A printed police record of an individual's citations, arrests, convictions, and incarcerations, usually in a single jurisdiction.
“PROBATION (6 hours) Spaced God Gotta immortalize this one on the rap sheet sorry Leper's Colony Entry”
— Bluesky· May 2026“he also allowed clarence thomas to be nominated to the supreme court, despite his LONG rap sheet of sexual violence. but we’re not allowed to talk about that 🤫”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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