mistaken identity (English, noun)
expansion: mistaken identity (countable and uncountable, plural mistaken identities)
Senses:
glosses: A case of false belief that a certain individual is someone else.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: law
glosses: A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: mistaken identities
tags: plural