criminal record Syllabification: (crim·i·nal re·cord)Translate criminal record | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of criminal record noun a history of being convicted for crime:he admits he has a criminal record a list of a person’s previous criminal convictions:the court said his criminal record would be expunged at the end of the yearcriminal record in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of criminal record in the British & World English dictionary