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IDENTITY THEFT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The co-option of another person's personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person's knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("identity theft" is a kind of...):
fraud (intentional deception resulting in injury to another person)