mug shot

See also: mugshot

English

A mug shot of notorious bank robber and murderer Baby Face Nelson

Etymology

Compound of mug (“face”) + shot (“snapshot”), US. Compare mug (“portrait”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

mug shot (plural mug shots)

A photograph taken of the head and shoulders, often from the front and in profile, usually taken in conjunction with somebody's arrest.
(UK, slang) An unflattering photograph of a person's face.

Derived terms

mug-shotted

Translations

photograph taken of the head and shoulders

Albanian: shtënë turi
Chinese:
Mandarin: 臉部照片／脸部照片 (liǎnbù zhàopiàn)
Finnish: tunnistuskuva (fi)
French: portrait (fr) m, photographie d'identité judiciaire f
German: Polizeifoto f or n
Japanese: マグショット (magushotto)
Korean: 머그샷 (meogeusyat), 얼굴사진 (eolgulsajin)
Portuguese: foto de fichamento f, foto de cadeia f, foto fichada f, foto policial f, retrato policial m, foto de criminoso f
Russian: фото в профиль и анфас (foto v profilʹ i anfas)
Spanish: fotografía de prontuario f, fotografía policial f
Vietnamese: hình cảnh sát

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Spanish: foto de ficha f, fichada (es) f, ficha policial f