criminal record

noun

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

Examples of criminal record in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lindsay, a thirty-two-year-old former cheerleader from suburban Connecticut, had no criminal record and was a respected labor-and-delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital. Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 Garcia had no criminal record and was hospitalized after his arrest, but L.A. County Dist. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024 Smith, a transient with an extensive criminal record, was charged with murder with the special circumstances of lying in wait, as well as committing the crime with a deadly weapon, a knife. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024 Flashback: Routh has an extensive criminal record, including being convicted of two felonies in North Carolina in December 2002 and March 2010. Avery Lotz, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for criminal record 

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'criminal record.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Dictionary Entries Near criminal record

Cite this Entry

“Criminal record.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminal%20record. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!