fake identity

collocation in English

meaningsoffakeandidentity

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fake
adjective
uk
/feɪk/us
/feɪk/
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 offakeandidentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffake identity

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But what is unacceptable, and casts doubt on credibility, is an attempt to pass off afakeidentityor forged passport as genuine.
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If the e-mail bounces, the experimenter should exclude this subject from the data set, as they probably used afakeidentity.
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But what is unacceptable, and casts doubt on credibility, is an attempt to pass off afakeidentityor forged passport as genuine.
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She creates afakeidentityfor herself, pretending that a story about a young woman's wild ways is actually about herself.
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They hid him until they could producefakeidentitypapers that showed him to be too old for military service.
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This can involve a new temporary home, hidden or old address registered, sometimesfakeidentity.
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The negative emotional response happens when the individual realizes that they have been creating afakeidentityfor the new individual.
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However, if he was able to successfully convince his audience of hisfakeidentity, he would then reveal it and be awarded a baksheesh for having entertained the group.
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Shinnosuke was taken to a nearby hut, in that konnyaku is a factory, to know that what has been produced here konnyaku was afakeidentity.
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A sockpuppet-like use of deceptive fake identities is used in stealth marketing.
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It turns out he has a ton of fake identities.
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It was alleged that during her captivity, the woman had been moved at least four times and had been given multiple fake identities.
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It is portable and robust enough to identify duplicate and fake identities from government and private databases.
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