identity parade en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Ireland, UK) A process by which a witness confirms the identity of a criminal suspect, by viewing the suspect together with other people who were not involved in the crime.
‘I deny it, I utterly deny it, my movements were those I’ve given you.’ ‘Yet you refuse to take part in an identity parade?’
1984, Alan Hunter, chapter 6, in The Unhanged Man, New York: Walker, pages 87–88:He moved through the circle and sat down on Cost’s left like a criminal taking his place in an identity parade.
1943, Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear, London: Heinemann, published 1950, Book 1, Chapter 4, p. 61:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| identity parades | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
police lineup · lineup · identification parade
Translations (3)
ta அடையாள அணிவகுப்பு (process) · de Gegenüberstellung (process) · pl okazanie (process)