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noun
- 1. a photograph of a person's face made for an official purpose, especially police records: informal "when shown mugshots, the victim was unable to recognize anyone"
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A mug shot or mugshot is a photographic portrait of a person from the shoulders up, typically taken after a person is placed under arrest. The primary purpose of the mug shot is to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of an arrested individual to allow for identification by victims, the public and investigators. However, in the United States, entrepreneurs have recently begun to mon... Wikipedia