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51mistaken identity — N UNCOUNT When someone incorrectly thinks that they have found or recognized a particular person, you refer to this as a case of mistaken identity. The dead men could have been the victims of mistaken identity. Their attackers may have wrongly… …
52mistaken identity — UK / US noun [uncountable] a situation in which you think a person is someone else a case of mistaken identity: The attack was a case of mistaken identity …
53mistaken identity — noun a) Falsely believing that someone is someone else. The police arrested the wrong man; the media reported it as a case of mistaken identity. b) A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime… …
54mistaken identity — mis.taken i dentity n [U] a situation in which someone believes that they have seen a particular person when in fact it was someone else used especially in relation to crimes ▪ The police arrested someone, but it turned out to be a case of… …
55mistaken — Synonyms and related words: all wet, all wrong, amiss, catachrestic, distorted, eisegetical, erring, erroneous, fallacious, FALSE, faulty, flawed, garbled, in error, inaccurate, incorrect, misapprehended, misconceived, misconstrued, misguided,… …
56mistaken — mis tak·en || mɪ steɪkÉ™n adj. erroneous, wrong; being in error, having made a mistake mis·take || mɪ steɪk n. blunder, fault; error v. make an error, be wrong; misinterpret, misunderstand; confuse …
57mistaken — adjective wrong in one s opinion or judgement. ↘based on a misunderstanding or faulty judgement. Derivatives mistakenly adverb mistakenness noun …
58mistaken — a. 1. Erroneous, incorrect, wrong. 2. Wrong, in error …
59mistaken — adj 1. inaccurate, inexact, imprecise, unprecise; faulty, flawed, unsound, illogical, Sl. cockeyed; misinterpreted, misread, misunderstood, misapprehended, misconstrued. 2. erroneous, incorrect, amiss, wrong, all wrong, Sl. all wet, Sl. full of… …
60mistaken — Olalau. See mistake …