- charge sheet
- nounthe daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station• Syn: ↑blotter, ↑day book, ↑police blotter, ↑rap sheet• Hypernyms: ↑written record, ↑written account
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noun1. : a memorandum of the names of those to be tried in police and magistrates' courts with a summary statement of the charge against each2. : a statement of charges against one brought for trial before a court-martial* * *
an official record in which the police write down the names of people they have accused of a crimeThesaurus: arresting, interviewing and charging suspectshyponym* * *
n. Brit. a record made in a police station of the charges against a person* * *
noun, pl ⋯ sheets [count]Brit : ↑rap sheetThe suspect already has a long charge sheet.
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a record kept in a police station of the names of people that the police have stated to be guilty of a crime (= that they have charged)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.