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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Other portraits spotted on the White House walls include a presidential portrait that similar to his August 2023 mug shot as well as a framed New York Post cover showing his actual mug shot.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
However, families have the legal right to request the removal of a juvenile mug shot from an agency’s website.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Newman’s record listed an attack on a man in a public bathroom, but this was apparently an error: a mug shot revealed that White, not Newman, had been arrested for the crime.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Indianapolis police released his mug shot Sunday morning.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
However, families have the legal right to request the removal of a juvenile mug shot from an agency’s website.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Newman’s record listed an attack on a man in a public bathroom, but this was apparently an error: a mug shot revealed that White, not Newman, had been arrested for the crime.
—Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Indianapolis police released his mug shot Sunday morning.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Mug shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mug%20shot. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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