criminal record

noun

: a known record of having been arrested in the past for committing a crime

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Trey Gowdy – a prosecutor in Moore's case who later served four terms as a Republican congressman – told the judge one Black jury candidate was struck primarily for allegedly hiding her criminal record during questioning, while another was excluded because their son had been convicted of murder. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 At first, there was a public outpouring of support for Lindsay, a respected labor-and-delivery nurse with no criminal record. Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 Casey had a long history of criminal record as he was arrested for beating his brother with an axe sledgehammer in 2012. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Sep. 2024 Some judges believed the systems underestimated the importance of certain red flags — like extensive juvenile records or certain kinds of gun charges — or overemphasized factors like an old criminal record or low education level. Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for criminal record 

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“Criminal record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20record. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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