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mug shot

or mugshot

noun

, Slang.

Also called headshot. an identifying photograph of a suspect or criminal, often one of a set showing a frontal view, a profile view, and a view of the back of the head.
any closeup photograph of someone's face.

mug shot

informal.
a photograph of a person's face, esp one resembling a police-file picture

First recorded in 1945–50

To this day, Bush media maven Roger Ailes adamantly denies that he or the campaign had any role in the Willie Horton mug shot ad.

Beside the mug shot of McCollum was one of a man named Wayne Laws.

When he turned himself in, he wore a smirk in his mug shot, and then he went out for ice cream with reporters in tow.

After getting his mug shot taken, for example, he went out for ice cream.

In fact, after the mug shot was taken this week, Perry immediately went out for ice cream, which he boasted about on Twitter.

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