false identity

collocation in English

meaningsoffalseandidentity

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false
adjective
uk
/fɒls/us
/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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identity
noun
uk
/aɪˈden.tə.ti/us
/aɪˈden.t̬ə.t̬i/
a person's name and other facts about who ...
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(Definition offalseandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse identity

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Her age prompts the wrong image and creates afalseidentity.
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Some returned to join another garden on afalseidentity.
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Accordingly, she comes to the conclusion that, in the city, she has acquired afalseidentitythat she wears like a mask.
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They may need to use afalseidentityin order to evade controls on departure.
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An amnesty was given to people who had earned money but, as a result of using afalseidentity, had not paid tax.
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Problems occur where a person gives afalseidentityby using another person's birth certificate.
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It would be unfair to refuse them this right due to the fact that they often only havefalseidentitypapers.
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It would remove the threat of afalseidentitybeing assumed after the death of a chiropractor.
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They will have no effect whatever on hardened criminals such as drug dealers, and others who can easily obtain access tofalseidentitycards.
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Those two men had been identified on a busy immigration control carryingfalseidentitypapers and a forged immigration stamp.
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I was saying that there are three areas of false registration—falseidentity, electoral fraud and, thirdly, sheer stupidity.
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The misuse of birth certificates to create afalseidentityhas become a problem.
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We shall also provide the latest forgery detection technology in order to tackle the use offalseidentitydocuments.
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He had been using afalseidentity, that of a teenage girl.
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These are going to be important documents and at least for a time an individual can gain afalseidentity.
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Although there may be value in identity cards, they would not make it impossible for such people to assume afalseidentity.
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In addition, more vigorous action is being taken against asylum-seekers withfalseidentitypapers.
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He has a relatively unusual surname, so he finds it hard to believe that someone picked on that surname for part of afalseidentity.
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For example, a detained person may deliberately withhold their identity from the police or assume afalseidentity.
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