mistaken identity

English

Noun

mistaken identity (countable and uncountable, plural mistaken identities)

A case of false belief that a certain individual is someone else.
The police arrested the wrong man; the media reported it as a case of mistaken identity.
(law) A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.

Translations

false belief that someone is someone else

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Finnish: virheellinen tunnistus
Portuguese: identidade equivocada f, identidade trocada f
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defense in criminal law

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Finnish: virheellinen tunnistus
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Further reading

mistaken identity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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