Mistaken-identity Definition

noun

Falsely believing that someone is someone else.

The police arrested the wrong man; the media reported it as a case of mistaken identity.
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(law) A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.
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Other Word Forms of Mistaken-identity

Noun

Singular:
mistaken-identity
Plural:
mistaken identities

Mistaken-identity Sentence Examples

  • Comedy of Errors is a wonderful comic exasperation of mistaken identity.

  • It transpired to be a case of mistaken identity.

  • This is one of a number of cases of ' mistaken identity ' investigated by Gordon Skadberg in his detailed notes to the CD.

  • Folklore and legend can often lead to a case of mistaken identity.

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