mugshot
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈmʌɡˌʃɑt/
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foto policial
- I just found out pretty much everything you did about his real name, mugshot, and crime in about 90 seconds.
- mugshot from police
- take a mugshot
- mugshot from jail
It's like a bad passport slash mugshot.
- It's like a bad passport slash mugshot.
Examples
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First day in, probably have your mugshot go viral online.
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Then we're coming to the station, and we'll do some mugshots.
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It's really a great service to remove your face from any mugshot sites.
Blog text (3) -
Please go over there to take your mugshot
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When I pulled Jack Dale Collins' mugshot out of my bag and showed it to James.
Blog text (15) -
Sam blinks as his mugshot is being taken.
Fiction book (2001) -
No record of arrest, no fingerprint, no mugshot, nothing.
Fiction book (1991) -
We were hoping you'd come down and look at some mugshots, see if you can pick out some of those people that were in your apartment.
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Critics decry the practice of charging to unpublish arrest records and mugshots.
Blog text (11) -
The police officer took a mugshot of the suspect after the arrest.
Synonyms
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4.1
A photograph of a person's face taken by police after arrest to identify them
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mugshot comes from simple slang: mug used to mean 'face' and shot means 'a quick photo'. So a mugshot is literally a 'photo of the face' taken for police records.