- mug shot
- `mug ,shot noun count INFORMALa photograph of someone's face, taken by the police for their records
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mug shot
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mug shot — n: a police photograph of a suspect s face or profile that is taken when the suspect is booked Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
mug shot — mug shots N COUNT A mug shot is a photograph of someone, especially a photograph of a criminal which has been taken by the police. [INFORMAL] ...mug shots of the five terrorists … English dictionary
mug shot — mug′ shot n. cvb sts a photograph of the face of a criminal suspect … From formal English to slang
mug shot — n. any of the photographs taken for police records of the face of a person under arrest … English World dictionary
Mug shot — For the social networking website, see Mugshot (website). 1931 mug shot of American gangster Al Capone A mug shot, mugshot or booking photograph, is a photographic portrait taken after one is arrested.[1] … Wikipedia
mug shot — noun a photograph of someone s face (especially one made for police records) • Syn: ↑mugshot • Hypernyms: ↑photograph, ↑photo, ↑exposure, ↑picture, ↑pic • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mug shot — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mug shot : singular mug shot plural mug shots informal a photograph of someone s face, taken by the police for their records … English dictionary
mug shot — n. a photograph of one’s face taken for police records. (Underworld.) □ I’m going to have to ask you to come down to the station and go through some mug shots. □ How can a professional photographer take a portrait that looks like a mug shot? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
mug shot — Synonyms and related words: Telephoto, Wirephoto, aerial photograph, black and white photograph, candid photograph, cheesecake, chronophotograph, color photograph, color print, diapositive, heliochrome, heliograph, montage, mug, photo,… … Moby Thesaurus
mug shot — {n. phr.} A police photograph showing the arrested person s full face and profile. * / Go over these mug shots, Sergeant O Malley said, and tell me if you find the person who held up the liquor store! / … Dictionary of American idioms
