In Indian English, a history-sheeter (sometimes referred to as a rowdy-sheeter[1] ) is a person with a long criminal record.[2][3][4] Known as a career criminal outside of South Asia, the term is found in newspapers of South Asian countries such as India[5] and Pakistan.[6]
According to Anastasia Piliavsky, the concept of "history sheeter" has origins in the colonial era rule and its police surveillance codes.[7][8][9] 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.[7]
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References
- ↑ Definition of History-Sheeter by Cambridge Dictionary.
- ↑ Definition of History-Sheeter by Oxford Dictionary. Lexico Dictionaries. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ↑ The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Taylor & Francis(2015). ISBN 978-1-317-37251-6
- ↑ Words: Structure, Meaning, Function: A Festschrift for Dieter Kastovsky{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Walter de Gruyter(2011). ISBN 978-3-11-080916-9
- ↑ Law of Contempt of Court in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Atlantic Publishers & Dist(2004). ISBN 978-81-269-0359-7
- ↑ World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 2 by Kingsley Bolton, Braj B. Kachru, p. 247 gbook
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Duke University Press(2013). ISBN 978-0-8223-7730-6
- ↑ All India Reporter{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. D.V. Chitaley(1946)
- ↑ Proceedings: official report{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Adhīkshaka(1934)