rowdy-sheeter

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From "rowdy sheet", the name given to charge sheets in the British Raj (comparable to "rap sheet" in American English).

Noun

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rowdy-sheeter (plural rowdy-sheeters)

  1. (India) a person with a criminal record

References

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“rowdy-sheeter”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

See also

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