mugshot

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English

Noun

mugshot (plural mugshots)

  1. Alternative spelling of mug shot

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English mugshot.

Noun

mugshot c

  1. (chiefly foreign) A mug shot.
    Synonym: förbrytarfoto
    • 2003 August 1, Aftonbladet, page 64:
      [] stolen som Hugh satt på när han tog sitt mugshot efter att ha blivit []
      the chair that Hugh was sitting on when he took his mug shot after having been
    • 2014 January 24, “Varför ser vi aldrig svenska kändisar på mugshots [Why do we never see Swedish celebrities in mug shots?]”, in PP3, Sveriges Radio P3:
      I går publicerades Justin Beibers mugshot och fick internet att börja ryka av ren överbelastning.
      Yesterday, Justin Bieber's mug shot was published, causing the internet to start smoking from sheer overload.
    • 2023 August 25, Natalie Radlovacki, Linnea Carlén, “Trump blir USA:s första expresident att ta en mugshot ["Trump becomes the first former president of the USA to take a mug shot."]”, in SVT Nyheter:
      Donald Trump skrev under natten till fredag historia som den första tidigare amerikanska presidenten att få en så kallad mugshot tagen.
      During the night to Friday, Donald Trump made history as the first former American president to have a so-called mug shot taken.

Declension

Declension of mugshot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mugshot mugshoten mugshotar mugshotarna
Genitive mugshots mugshotens mugshotars mugshotarnas