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identity parades

identity parades is the plural of identity parade.

Meaning of identity parade

Noun

identity parade (plural identity parades)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A process by which a witness confirms the identity of a criminal suspect, by viewing the suspect together with other people who were not involved in the crime.
    • He moved through the circle and sat down on Cost’s left like a criminal taking his place in an identity parade.1943, Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear, London: Heinemann, published 1950, Book 1, Chapter 4, p. 61
    Synonyms:
    identification parade, lineup, police lineup

Questions about identity parades

What is identity parades the plural of?
Identity parades is the plural of identity parade.

Words near identity parades in the dictionary

  1. identity matrixes
  2. identity morphism
  3. identity morphisms
  4. identity of indiscernibles
  5. identity parade
  6. identity parades
  7. identity police
  8. identity policing
  9. identity politician
  10. identity politicians
  11. identity politics

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