police blotter
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A register, maintained by the desk sergeant, of people arrested or brought in for questioning to a police station; (UK) charge sheet.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "We read about his DUI in the police blotter."
- ""If you talk to any of our readers, they'll have a favorite entry in the police blotter," says Nick Ehli, who has been at the newspaper 14 years, seven as managing editor. Everyone who works at the Daily Chronicle has done their shift composing the police blotter at one time or another, since it's a task given to newbies."
Usage
- American usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.