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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.".〔http://oed.com/view/Entry/87324?redirectedFrom=history%20sheeter#eid42547561〕 The term is a formation specific to India〔 World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 2 by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru, p.247 (gbook ) 〕 Police stations in India maintain ''history sheet''s (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. ==See also== *Ishtehari 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「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.".http://oed.com/view/Entry/87324?redirectedFrom=history%20sheeter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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