alias
noun/ˈeɪliəs/
/ˈeɪliəs/
- a false or different name, especially one that is used by a criminal
- He checked into the hotel under an alias.
Extra Examples- After her escape from prison, Claire Potter adopted the alias Margaret Smith.
- One of his known aliases is Ed Neil.
- A conman used an alias to infiltrate the organization.
- It soon emerged that all three names were aliases for the same person.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- known
- online
- …
- adopt
- assume
- go by
- …
- under an/the alias
- (computing) a name that can be used instead of the actual name for a file, internet address, etc.
- You can also use our easy-to-remember forwarding alias.
- On his website he uses the online alias ‘Maddox’.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, ‘at another time, otherwise’.
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