mugshot
pronunciation
How to pronounce mugshot in British English:
UK [ˈmʌgʃɒt]
How to pronounce mugshot in American English:
US [ˈmʌgʃɑt]
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- Noun:
- a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)
Word Origin
- mugshot (n.)
- also mug shot, 1950; see mug (n.2) + shot (n.) in the photographic sense.
Example
- 1. Attractive females were less likely to be offered an interview if they included a mugshot .
- 2. Matthew maynard contacted his local paper to complain about the mugshot they used of him photo : athena
- 3. Unlike previous ones , the e-passports contain biometric data embedded in a radio-frequency identification ( rfid ) chip , along with the usual mugshot and optical bar-code .
- 4. Blowing into a tube on the phone measures the user 's level of intoxication , which is then transmitted to headquarters along with a mugshot of the user and details of the phone 's location , determined by satellite .
- 5. In america it takes only seconds to find out about a sex offender : some states have a " click to print " icon on their websites so that concerned citizens can put up posters with the offender 's mugshot on trees near his home .