mistaken identity

Noun

 * 1) A case of false belief that a certain individual is someone else.
 * The police arrested the wrong man; the media reported it as a case of mistaken identity.
 * 1)  A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: virheellinen tunnistus
 * Portuguese: identidade equivocada, identidade trocada
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: virheellinen tunnistus
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: