paperwork.
Routine work involving written documents.
Meaning & usage
Routine work involving written documents.
do paperwork
Written documents.
Excessive paperwork, busy work, red tape.
Court documents or pre-sentencing investigation reports detailing the prisoner's criminal history (usually in the context of discerning whether an inmate has been charged for sex-related offenses or is likely to be an informant).
to have bad paperwork
A work in paper.
Where this word comes from
From paper + work.
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