identity parade

English

Noun

identity parade (plural identity parades)

  1. (Britain, law enforcement) A process by which a witness confirms the identity of a criminal suspect, by viewing the suspect together with other people who were not involved in the crime.
    Synonyms: identification parade, lineup, police lineup
    • 1943, Graham Greene, The Ministry of Fear, London: Heinemann, 1950, Book 1, Chapter 4, p. 61,
      He moved through the circle and sat down on Cost’s left like a criminal taking his place in an identity parade.
    • 1984, Alan Hunter, The Unhanged Man, New York: Walker, Chapter 6, pp. 87-88,
      ‘I deny it, I utterly deny it, my movements were those I’ve given you.’
      ‘Yet you refuse to take part in an identity parade?’

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