mug shot
noun
: a photograph of usually a person's head and especially face
specifically
: a police photograph of a suspect's face or profile
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Outside before the event, a festive atmosphere prevailed in the parking lot as vendors hocked Trump gear, bikers rolled through with a big flag bearing Trump's mug shot from one of the four criminal cases against him and country music blared over loudspeakers.
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David Jackson, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
There was his glowering mug shot from the Fulton County Jail, in Atlanta, and pictures of him apparently dozing off in court during his hush-money trial, in New York.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024
That's when the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Conviction Integrity Unit discovered Scott's mug shot.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
Then, in 2020, the prosecutor’s office found a mug shot of a man who had been arrested in a similar neighborhood homicide the same year as Vasilije’s murder, Akeel confirms to PEOPLE.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
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David Jackson, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
There was his glowering mug shot from the Fulton County Jail, in Atlanta, and pictures of him apparently dozing off in court during his hush-money trial, in New York.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024
That's when the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office Conviction Integrity Unit discovered Scott's mug shot.
—Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
Then, in 2020, the prosecutor’s office found a mug shot of a man who had been arrested in a similar neighborhood homicide the same year as Vasilije’s murder, Akeel confirms to PEOPLE.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
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“Mug shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mug%20shot. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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