تعريف to mistaken identity في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.
When someone incorrectly thinks that they have found or recognized a particular person, you refer to this as a case of mistaken identity. The dead men could have been the victims of mistaken identity. Their attackers may have wrongly believed them to be soldiers. a situation in which someone believes that they have seen a particular person when in fact it was someone else - used especially in relation to crimes