History-sheeter

History-sheeter, in Indian English, is a person with a long criminal record.[1][2][3] The term is found in newspapers of South Asian countries such as India,[4] and Pakistan.[5]

According to Anastasia Piliavsky, the concept of "history sheeter" has origins in the colonial era rule and its police surveillance codes.[6][7][8] The legal codes allowed preemptive penalties against those listed as a "history sheeter", and these codes were copied into the post-independent Indian Penal Code Sections 109 and 110. The Indian states such as Rajasthan list a person as a "history sheeter" when "his or her criminal record reaches or exceeds thirty offenses", states Piliavsky.[6]

See also

References
  1. History-sheeter, Quote: Indian: A person with a criminal record. ‘a defendant with a rotten record: a history-sheeter, a bad egg’
  2. Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (2015). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Taylor & Francis. p. 9722. ISBN 978-1-317-37251-6.
  3. Christiane Dalton-Puffer; Nikolaus Ritt (2011). Words: Structure, Meaning, Function: A Festschrift for Dieter Kastovsky. Walter de Gruyter. p. 35. ISBN 978-3-11-080916-9.
  4. K. Balasankaran Nair (2004). Law of Contempt of Court in India. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. pp. 100 footnote 92, 103. ISBN 978-81-269-0359-7.
  5. World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 2 by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru, p.247 gbook
  6. Anastasia Piliavsky (2013). David N. Gellner (ed.). Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia. Duke University Press. pp. 45 note 26. ISBN 978-0-8223-7730-6.
  7. All India Reporter. D.V. Chitaley. 1946. p. 147.
  8. Uttar Pradesh (India). Legislature. Legislative Council (1934). Proceedings: official report. Adhīkshaka. p. 318.


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