identity theft

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the fraudulent appropriation and use of someone's identifying or personal data or documents, as a credit card.

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Origin of identity theft

1995–2000

Words nearby identity theft

identity element, identity function, identity matrix, identity politics, identity sign, identity theft, identity theory, ideo-, ideogram, ideograph, ideography

How to use identity theft in a sentence

Four years later, a report by the inspector general said, “We are particularly concerned with identity theft or imposter schemes, which occur when individual identities are stolen and then used to apply for UI benefits.”
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic|by Cezary Podkul|July 26, 2021|ProPublica
After all, the extent of identity theft means that criminals often input the information of a real person.
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic|by Cezary Podkul|July 26, 2021|ProPublica
The department will focus the audit, known as verification, on ferreting out identity theft and fraud for the 2021-2022 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, cycle.
Fewer college students will have to verify financial aid information this school year, Education Dept. says|Danielle Douglas-Gabriel|July 13, 2021|Washington Post
Charges are said to include sex-trafficking, wire fraud, and identity theft.
Gaetz Buddy Joel Greenberg Agrees to Plead Guilty to Sex Trafficking, Says Report|Jamie Ross|May 14, 2021|The Daily Beast

Greenberg, initially charged in a two-count indictment related to his alleged effort to smear Beute, now faces 33 federal charges, including sex trafficking of a child, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and bribery.
How the Justice Department came to investigate Rep. Matt Gaetz|Matt Zapotosky, Michael Scherer|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
But he, like many people using dating apps whatever their sexual identity, remains stoutly positive.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They are not the actual traffickers, Yazbek says, so generally the other refugees protect their identity.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But those strands of his identity are all wound around the conspiracy that led him back to Gambia for the first time in 23 years.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Identity issues seem to have dogged Otis since his troubles began.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In a remote location with little means for economic development, the Brogpas have cultivating this identity to their advantage.
The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans|Nina Strochlic|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yet it is liable for ordinary negligence in protecting passengers from loss by theft.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Now the Waterford and Limerick were to lose, not only the Ennis line, but all their lines and their own identity as well.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
There is a perfect identity of principle, both working to the same good end, between the existing corn-law and the new tariff.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
But in all probability, the messenger knew less about the identity of the Eye than Black Hood knew.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Some are constantly being added, others are removed from her communion on earth, but her characteristic absolute identity remains.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for identity theft

identity theft

noun

the crime of setting up and using bank accounts and credit facilities fraudulently in another person's name without his or her knowledge

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