"mug shot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-mug shot.ogg Forms: mug shots [plural], mugshot [alternative]
Etymology: From mug + face. First use appears c. 1899. Compare mug (“portrait”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|mug|face}} mug + face Head templates: {{en-noun}} mug shot (plural mug shots)
  1. (law enforcement) A photograph of a person's face, especially one taken by the police during an arrest. Derived forms: mug-shotted Translations (photograph taken during an arrest): shtënë turi (Albanian), 臉部照片 /脸部照片 (liǎnbù zhàopiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), tunnistuskuva (Finnish), portrait [masculine] (French), photographie d’identité judiciaire [feminine] (French), Polizeifoto [neuter] (German), マグショット (magushotto) (Japanese), 머그샷 (meogeusyat) (Korean), 얼굴사진 (eolgulsajin) (Korean), foto de fichamento [feminine] (Portuguese), foto de cadeia [feminine] (Portuguese), foto fichada [feminine] (Portuguese), foto policial [feminine] (Portuguese), retrato policial [masculine] (Portuguese), foto de criminoso [feminine] (Portuguese), фото в профиль и анфас (foto v profilʹ i anfas) (Russian), ficha policial [feminine] (Spanish), fotografía de prontuario [feminine] (Spanish), fotografía policial [feminine] (Spanish), förbrytarfoto [neuter] (Swedish), mugshot [common-gender] (Swedish), hình cảnh sát (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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