English Dictionary

mistaken identity

noun

Falsely believing that someone is someone else. / (law) A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.

There was a case of mistaken identity at the airport.

意味（1）

Falsely believing that someone is someone else.

The police arrested the wrong man; the media reported it as a case of mistaken identity.

意味（2）

(law) A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.