Usually means: Photograph documenting a person's arrest.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. mug shot: Merriam-Webster
  2. mug shot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mug shot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mug shot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mug shot: Vocabulary.com
  6. mug-shot: Wordnik
  7. mug shot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. mug shot: Wiktionary
  9. mug shot: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. mug shot: Dictionary.com
  11. Mug shot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. mug shot: Rhymezone
  13. mug shot: FreeDictionary.org
  14. mug shot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. mug shot: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. mug shot: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. mug shot: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. mug-shot: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Mug Shot: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mug shot)

▸ noun:  A photograph taken of the head and shoulders, often from the front and in profile, usually taken in conjunction with somebody's arrest.

Similar:
muggee, mammo, museau, mop head, manscape, MySpace angle, muzzle, mammogram, muga, mugware, more...

Types:
booking photo, police photo, jail photo, more...

Adjectives:
sketch, draft, mobile, rough, concoct, fab, stagey, made-up, practical, period, model



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Similar:
muggee, mammo, museau, mop head, manscape, MySpace angle, muzzle, mammogram, muga, mugware, more...

Types:
booking photo, police photo, jail photo, more...

Adjectives:
sketch, draft, mobile, rough, concoct, fab, stagey, made-up, practical, period, model



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