English Explanatory Dictionary

mistaken identity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A case of false belief that a certain individual is someone else.
  2. A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.

Word forms

mistaken identity mistaken identities
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary