History-sheeter

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A history-sheeter is an Indian police term for a criminal with a long record of serious crime. OED defines it as an Indian English term for "a person with a criminal record.".[1] The term is a formation specific to the Indian subcontinent[2]

Police stations in India and Pakistan maintain history sheets (similar to US rap sheets) in three categories. A repeat offender progresses from category C to B to A; a "category A" history-sheeter is considered to be a hardened criminal, whose criminal inclination is close to incurable.

Notable category A history-sheeters include criminal politicians such as D. P. Yadav, Mukhtar Ansari, Amarmani Tripathi, Pappu Yadav, etc.


References

  1. ↑ http://oed.com/view/Entry/87324?redirectedFrom=history%20sheeter#eid42547561
  2. ↑ World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 2 by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru, p.247 gbook
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