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The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: criminology, human-sciences, law, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fraud
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Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
身份盜竊 /身份盗窃
(shēnfèn dàoqiè)
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Danish:
identitetstyveri
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Dutch:
identiteitsdiefstal
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Finnish:
identiteettivarkaus
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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French:
usurpation d'identité
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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German:
Identitätsdiebstahl
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Greek:
κλοπή ταυτότητας
(klopí taftótitas)
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Hebrew:
גניבת זהות
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Hungarian:
személyazonosság-lopás
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Hungarian:
személyiséglopás
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Indonesian:
pencurian identitas
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Italian:
furto di identità
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Japanese:
アイデンティティの盗難
(aidentiti no tōnan)
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Japanese:
なりすまし
(narisumashi)
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Korean:
신원 도둑질
(sinwon dodukjil)
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Polish:
kradzież tożsamości
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Portuguese:
roubo da identidade
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Portuguese:
usurpação de identidade
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Russian:
похище́ние тождественности
(poxiščénije toždestvennosti)
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Spanish:
hurto de la identidad
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Spanish:
robo de identidad
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Swedish:
identitetsstöld
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
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Swedish:
id-kapning
— deliberate assumption of another person's identity
