identity theft
noun/aɪˈdentəti θeft/
/aɪˈdentəti θeft/
(also identity fraud
[uncountable, countable]/aɪˈdentəti frɔːd/
/aɪˈdentəti frɔːd/
)- using somebody else’s name and personal information in order to obtain credit cards and other goods or to take money out of the person’s bank accounts
- Victims of identity theft can find themselves saddled with false criminal records.
- The number of identity thefts in Britain rose to 42 029 last year.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIdentity theft is used before these nouns:- victim
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