wrongly identified
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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
Elsewhere, a commercial plane flying over Moscow - a Cessna 172 - has been wrongly identified as a drone on the Telegram social messaging platform, popular in Russia.
From BBC • May 30, 2023
From 1998 until his release in 2016, Mr. Rosario sent hundreds of handwritten letters to lawyers, advocates and other authorities, seeking evidence that witnesses had wrongly identified him at trial.
From New York Times • May 7, 2022
On our return to La Bessée we wrongly identified it with the peak which is seen from thence to the left of the Pelvoux.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
