criminal record

Example Sentences

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It includes checks on a candidates' credit history and criminal record.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Strong families and strong schools shape habits and values more effectively than the threat of a criminal record ever will.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

So all those 1,100 people sitting there at the time in that trailer prison, none of them had a criminal record.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

On Wednesday, CNN shared body camera footage from the shooting of Marimar Martinez, a Montessori school teacher in Chicago with no criminal record.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

With his criminal record struck off, he could apply to medical college when the war was over, or even go for a commission now in the Medical Corps.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan