mug shot

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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.

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Origin of mug shot

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby mug shot

muggy, Mughal, mugho pine, mug punter, mug's game, mug shot, mug up, mugwort, mugwump, Muhajirun, Muhammad

How to use mug shot in a sentence

Usually, it uploaded mug shots of residents arrested on charges of trespassing or drug possession.
“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System|by Lizzie Presser, photography by Elinor Carucci for The New York Times|December 1, 2021|ProPublica
Many of the documents have mug shots and pictures taken off social media showing people flashing gang signs.
Hackers post hundreds of pages of purported internal D.C. police documents|Peter Hermann, Dalton Bennett|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
Traditional facial recognition systems only compare photos to official photos from driver’s licenses, passports or jail mug shots.
Senators seek limits on some facial-recognition use by police, energizing surveillance technology debate|Drew Harwell|April 21, 2021|Washington Post
Last month, Vice published mug shots of women arrested in Australia also modified by Loughrey, both by adding color and changing facial expressions to show some of them smiling.
Vice published altered photos showing Cambodian genocide victims smiling. It unleashed an uproar.|Paulina Villegas|April 12, 2021|Washington Post

Maybe more importantly, if you click over to look at the image search results, there are no mug shots.
Why it’s okay for the Internet to “forget” some crimes|Aaron Pressman|January 25, 2021|Fortune
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.
Want President Hillary? Then Primary Her|Jeff Greenfield|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Beside the mug shot of McCollum was one of a man named Wayne Laws.
How the North Carolina GOP Made a Wrongfully Convicted Man a Death Row Scapegoat|Michael Daly|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
Vote for the (Alleged) Crooks! How Rick Perry, Chris Christie, and Scott Walker are Running While Under Investigation|Olivia Nuzzi|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After getting his mug shot taken, for example, he went out for ice cream.
Rick Perry's PAC Pulls a 'Free Winona'|Olivia Nuzzi|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, after the mug shot was taken this week, Perry immediately went out for ice cream, which he boasted about on Twitter.
Yes, Rick Perry Could End Up Doing Time|Dean Obeidallah|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for mug shot

mug shot

noun

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

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mug shot

or mugshot

Origin of mug shot

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British Dictionary definitions for mug shot