1
: a piece of blotting paper
2
: a book in which entries (as of transactions or occurrences) are made temporarily pending their transfer to permanent record books
police blotter
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The Post analyzed Metro’s daily police blotter data, which tracks all reports, arrests and citations.
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Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Privileged Rockridge hardly seems the sort of neighborhood that would generate grist for the crime blotter.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
An oil or grease stain can be cleaned using paper and then a blotter with perchloroethylene.
—Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
On April 21, 2017, New York State Police arrested him on a misdemeanor charge of criminal obstruction of breathing, according to a contemporary police blotter report in The Saratogian, a local newspaper.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
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Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Privileged Rockridge hardly seems the sort of neighborhood that would generate grist for the crime blotter.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
An oil or grease stain can be cleaned using paper and then a blotter with perchloroethylene.
—Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
On April 21, 2017, New York State Police arrested him on a misdemeanor charge of criminal obstruction of breathing, according to a contemporary police blotter report in The Saratogian, a local newspaper.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2023
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“Blotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blotter. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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blotter
noun
blot·ter
ˈblät-ər 
1
: a piece of blotting paper
2
: a book in which entries are made temporarily
a police blotter
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