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(US, law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.

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prior

Source Word

prior

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

(US, law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.

Japanese Meaning

（刑事事件の）前科、既往歴、過去の逮捕歴

The prosecutor mentioned the defendant's prior, which affected the bail decision.

検察官は被告の前科に触れ、それが保釈の判断に影響を与えた。

Sense（1）

(US, law enforcement) A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's record.

Sense（2）

(statistics, Bayesian inference) A prior probability distribution, one based on information or belief before additional data is collected.

priors

（ plural ）