noun
( informal , especially NAmE ) a series of documents that provide evidence of what you have done or what has happened :
He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.
noun
( informal , especially NAmE ) a series of documents that provide evidence of what you have done or what has happened :
He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005