How to Use rap sheet in a Sentence

rap sheet

noun
  • Check out this African’s rap sheet.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
  • And that person had a rap sheet a mile long.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • His rap sheet shouldn't matter.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • His rap sheet dates back to 2005.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
  • This perennial has a rap sheet.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Talley, with his lengthy rap sheet, should have scored poorly and raised many red flags.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • Bob is desperate enough to bite, despite her own long rap sheet.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 June 2023
  • Her rap sheet was described to me as 37 pages long when printed out.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Montgomery didn't go over Callaway's rap sheet with him line by line.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • Both men have lengthy rap sheets and prior felony convictions.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 7 May 2024
  • Nobody who has that rap sheet should be walking the streets of any Ohio city free.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • With his long rap sheet and most recent rape case, all signs pointed to Alcala.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Casey White, now 40, had a lengthy rap sheet of violent crimes.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Given Wilson’s lengthy rap sheet, the league should have sent a stronger message.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2021
  • Still, prosecutors sought five years in prison for him, citing a lengthy rap sheet and drugs.
    — Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • This Daisy ran away from her two dads, acquiring a rap sheet for petty theft along the way.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • The cult leader had spent much of his life in prison, with a rap sheet that included robberies and car theft.
    — Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The rumor that Tyreek tried to stop the bleeding with his rap sheet is unfounded.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
  • Delgatti's longer rap sheet often blurred the line between pranks and petty scams.
    — Darren Loucaides, Wired, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Smith, who has a rap sheet spanning two coasts, initially gave a fictitious name, the source said.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Heck, with their rap sheet, the Chiefs pay incentives for short suspensions.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The crew also has long rap sheets, according to court documents.
    — Alexis McAdams, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • He had been released from state prison six weeks before his crime spree began, with a rap sheet that dated back more than two decades.
    — Matthew Van Meter, The New Republic, 17 June 2019
  • For someone not even 30 years old, Kodak Black has racked up quite a rap sheet.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
  • As long as a summer’s day on a gator boat tour, as long as a rattlesnake who just got a spinal adjustment, as long as a rap sheet.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Davies told reporters the suspect has a rap sheet as well as emergency detention holds.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Walmart’s corporate rap sheet is longer than the lines on Christmas Eve.
    — Jason Johnson, The Root, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The cult leader had spent much of his life in prison, with a rap sheet that included burglaries, robberies and car theft.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • No one 6-9, with a stick longer than Tom Wilson’s rap sheet, wants to be stuffed into a phone booth.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
  • The suspect, 44-year-old Timothy Day had a lengthy rap sheet and died at the scene.
    — Carter Evans, CBS News, 20 June 2018

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