paper trail

Physical or digital documentation of a person's activities. The con artist wrote fraudulent checks all over the state, leaving a paper trail for police to follow. Frank swore that he wasn't using the company's computer for illegal activities, but the digital paper trail he left proved otherwise.

*paper trail

Fig. a series of records that is possible to examine to find out the sequence of things that happen. (*Typically: have ~; leave ~; make ~.) The legal department requires all these forms so that there is a paper trail of all activity.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Carpus	KAHR-pəs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Till	TIL	German
Osbeorn	-	Anglo-Saxon
Aldegonda	ahl-də-KHAWN-dah	Dutch
Anila	-	Indian, Hindi
UĞUr	-	Turkish