English-French translations for mistaken identity

Definition of mistaken identity

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

Examples

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

Related words

• mistaken
• mistakenly
• be mistaken
• be sadly mistaken