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stealing someone's identity

stealing someone's identity is the present participle and gerund of steal someone's identity.

Meaning of steal someone's identity

Verb

steal someone's identity (third-person singular simple present steals someone's identity, present participle stealing someone's identity, simple past stole someone's identity, past participle stolen someone's identity)

  1. (idiomatic) To assume another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime; to commit identity theft.

Questions about stealing someone's identity

What is stealing someone's identity the present participle and gerund of?
Stealing someone's identity is the present participle and gerund of steal someone's identity.

Words near stealing someone's identity in the dictionary

  1. stealing a living
  2. stealing a march
  3. stealing away
  4. stealing in
  5. stealing someone's heart
  6. stealing someone's identity
  7. stealing someone's thunder
  8. stealing the scene
  9. stealing the show
  10. stealingest
  11. stealingly

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