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World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 2 by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru, p.247 [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=9yT33ebcOBkC&pg=PA247&dq=history-sheeter&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M8GDT9LZMcrorQehrbjqBg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=history-sheeter&f=false gbook] |
World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 2 by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru, p.247 [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=9yT33ebcOBkC&pg=PA247&dq=history-sheeter&hl=en&sa=X&ei=M8GDT9LZMcrorQehrbjqBg&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=history-sheeter&f=false gbook] |
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Police stations in India maintain ''history sheet''s (similar to US [[rap sheet]]s) 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. |
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Notable category A history-sheeters include criminal politicians such as [[D. P. Yadav]], [[Mukhtar Ansari]], [[Amarmani Tripathi]], [[Pappu Yadav]], etc. |
Notable category A history-sheeters include criminal politicians such as [[D. P. Yadav]], [[Mukhtar Ansari]], [[Amarmani Tripathi]], [[Pappu Yadav]], etc. |
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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 India[2]
is close to incurable.
Notable category A history-sheeters include criminal politicians such as D. P. Yadav, Mukhtar Ansari, Amarmani Tripathi, Pappu Yadav, etc.
See also
References
- ^ http://oed.com/view/Entry/87324?redirectedFrom=history%20sheeter#eid42547561
- ^ World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 2 by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru, p.247 gbook