charge sheetnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʃɑːdʒ ˌʃiːt/us/ˈtʃɑːrdʒ ˌʃiːt/UKan official document on which a police officer records the details of the crime a person is accused of
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arresting & charging
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrest
- assist
- attachment
- charge
- chargeable
- hold
- house arrest
- knock
- lag
- Miranda
- nab
- pull sb in
- run
- run sb in
- take sb in
- the knock at/on the door idiom
- tighten
- tighten the net idiom
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Examples from literature
- The police had already let Jimmy down lightly on the charge sheet: they showed further leniency at the hearing.
- Well, and what has she been doing? he said, looking down at the charge sheet.