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mistaken identities

mistaken identities is the plural of mistaken identity.

Meaning of mistaken identity

Noun

mistaken identity (countable and uncountable, plural mistaken identities)

  1. 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.
  2. A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.

Questions about mistaken identities

What is mistaken identities the plural of?
Mistaken identities is the plural of mistaken identity.

Words near mistaken identities in the dictionary

  1. mistakedly
  2. mistakeful
  3. mistakeless
  4. mistakelessness
  5. mistaken
  6. mistaken identities
  7. mistaken identity
  8. mistaken windmills for giants
  9. mistakenly
  10. mistakenness
  11. mistakeproof

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