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identity theft

identity theft noun: the deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.

Noun

identity theft (countable and uncountable, plural identity thefts)

  1. The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.

identity theft meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

identity theft in Tamil

ஆளடையாளத் திருட்டு, ஆளடையாள மோசடி

identity theft in Indonesian

deliberate assumption of another person's identity
pencurian identitas

Forms of identity theft

pluralidentity thefts

Questions about identity theft

What does identity theft mean?
Identity theft means the deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.
What is identity theft in Tamil?
Identity theft in Tamil is ஆளடையாளத் திருட்டு, ஆளடையாள மோசடி. See Identity theft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is identity theft?
Identity theft is a noun.
What is the plural of identity theft?
The plural of identity theft is identity thefts.

Words near identity theft in the dictionary

  1. identity properties
  2. identity property
  3. identity provider
  4. identity providers
  5. identity restoration
  6. identity theft
  7. identity thefts
  8. identityless
  9. identitylessness
  10. idently
  11. idents

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: identity theft (page history and authors); identity theft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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