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mug shot

noun as in photo of suspect's head

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He then received an inmate number and had his mug shot taken before guards brought him to his cell in the isolation ward.

When it didn’t, it was devastating for him because the world saw Paul through his scary mug shot.

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The pair, who had been traveling the world, had their mug shots taken, were denied entry and flew back to Tokyo.

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Many on social media compared the photo to Donald Trump's 'mug shot', taken in Fulton County Jail in Georgia after he was charged with attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss - a charge Trump denies.

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In his mug shot, the photographer George Steinmetz doesn’t seem especially threatening.

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