wrongly identified
Example Sentences
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The names of the wrongly identified men were shared in posts alongside calls to arrest them.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026
It comes ahead of a High Court challenge against the force's use of the technology, after a man was wrongly identified near London Bridge last year.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
Determined to be his “own best advocate,” he set out to prove he was wrongly identified by problematic witnesses.
From New York Times • May 7, 2022
An Australian man has launched a defamation case against one of the nation's biggest news channels after it wrongly identified him as an alleged child abductor.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2021
With a smothered exclamation, Maitland hurried away, still incredulous and impressed with a belief, firmer with every minute, that the wounded man had been wrongly identified.
From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph
