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
Murtada	-	Arabic
Anat (1)	-	Near Eastern Mythology
Roparzh	-	Breton
Aldwin	-	Ancient Germanic
Ekkebert	-	Ancient Germanic
Karesinda	kah-re-SEEN-dah	Esperanto