run someone's file

verb

To search through someone's criminal record.

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Meanings

verbrun someone's file (third-person singular simple present runs someone's file, present participle running someone's file, simple past ran someone's file, past participle run someone's file)

present singular third person runs someone's file · participle present running someone's file · past ran someone's file

  1. idiomaticinformalcriminologyTo search through someone's criminal record.
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APA

run someone's file. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20someone's%20file

MLA

“run someone's file.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20someone's%20file. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run someone's file,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20someone's%20file.

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