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Identity theft
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Refers to the use of a person's identifying information to commit crimes.
Alternative terms
UF
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Business/commercial identity theft
UF
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Crime identity theft
UF
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Criminal misuse of personal identification
UF
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Financial identity theft
UF
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Forgery of identity documents
UF
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Identification-based crimes
UF
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Identity cloning
UF
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Identity fraud
UF
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Personal identity theft
UF
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Phishing
UF
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Stealing identity
UF
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Stolen identity
Broader Terms
BT
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Theft
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'العربية
سرقة الهوية
Deutsch
Identitätsdiebstahl
Español
Robo de identidad
Français
Vol d'identité
Italiano
Furto d’identità
Português
Roubo de identidade
русский язык
Хищение персональных данных
Date of creation
06-Nov-2011
Accepted term
06-Nov-2011
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