identity theft

English

Noun

identity theft (countable and uncountable, plural identity thefts)

1. (law, criminology) 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.

Translations

deliberate assumption of another person's identity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 身份盜竊／身份盗窃 (zh) (shēnfèn dàoqiè)

• Dutch: identiteitsdiefstal (nl) m
• Finnish: identiteettivarkaus
• French: usurpation d’identité (fr)
• German: Identitätsdiebstahl
• Greek: κλοπή ταυτότητας (klopí taftótitas)
• Hebrew: גניבת זהות
• Hungarian: személyazonosság-lopás (hu), személyiséglopás
• Indonesian: pencurian identitas
• Italian: furto di identità
• Japanese: アイデンティティの盗難 (aidentiti no tōnan), なりすまし (ja) (narisumashi)
• Korean: 신원 도둑질 (sinwon dodukjil)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} furtum identitatis sg, ^{(please verify)} furti identitatium pl
• Portuguese: roubo da identidade, usurpação de identidade f
• Russian: похище́ние тождественности (poxiščénije toždestvennosti)
• Spanish: hurto de la identidad, robo de identidad m
• Swedish: identitetsstöld c, id-kapning c

See also

• identity broker
• identity restoration
• paper tripping
• steal someone's identity