Meaning of mistaken identity | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“The police arrested the wrong man; the media reported it as a case of mistaken identity.”

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