Meaning

1 senses
  1. A photograph of a person's face, especially one taken by the police during an arrest.

    Polizeifoto

    фото в профиль и анфасfoto v profilʹ i anfas

    a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Trump's mug shot gave me the creeps.

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  2. That's the worst mug shot I've ever seen.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
photograph taken during an arrest:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
photograph taken during an arrest:

Origin

From mug (“face”) + shot (“snapshot”). First use appears c. 1899.

From mug (“face”) + shot (“snapshot”). First use appears c. 1899.

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Forms

plural: mug shots

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records):mugshot

Word family

1 related words

See also

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