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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Photographs taken from inside the White House show President Donald Trump has his mug shot framed and hung just outside the Oval Office.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Mileage from a mug shot Image One group of Republicans with whom Mr. Trump avoided being photographed in 2023 were his rivals for the party’s presidential nomination.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Trump did surrender, and had his mug shot taken at the Fulton County jail.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
He never was caught, never had a mug shot or spent time in in a cell.
—Steve Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Mileage from a mug shot Image One group of Republicans with whom Mr. Trump avoided being photographed in 2023 were his rivals for the party’s presidential nomination.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Trump did surrender, and had his mug shot taken at the Fulton County jail.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
He never was caught, never had a mug shot or spent time in in a cell.
—Steve Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Mug shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mug%20shot. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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