criminal record

noun

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

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Kevin Meredith had no criminal record, having only borrowed money from Cockram to fix his boat. Jessica Sager, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Lawyers for many of the Venezuelan men sent to El Salvador said their clients were not involved in gangs and instead either had no criminal record or were in the middle of asylum hearings before an immigration judge. Ariana Figueroa, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025 Case in point: A student at Emerson College and a doctoral candidate at Dartmouth College who never partook in protests or had any criminal record both recently had their visas stripped, Axios' Steph Solis reported. Avery Lotz, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025 Follow More of Our Reporting on Reality Check for KC Local Jackson County legislator dismisses misconduct investigation as personal vendetta April 2, 2025 3:16 PM Local KC area school board candidate has military criminal record. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025 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 28 Apr. 2025.

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