false name

Example Sentences

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But Khan was unaware this man had filed the application for her using a false name and listed his own address for future correspondence from immigration authorities, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Authorities believed the Afghan migrant had given them a false name and he was actually a 31-year-old called Fayaz Husseini, Southwark Crown Court heard.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

He travelled to Hull and booked into a hotel under a false name.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

A message was sent under a false name to MI6 using the "contact us" page of the security service's website, claiming he wanted to work as a "double agent", the jury was told.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

To wear a false name galls me, but nothing else would save me, or get me dear across the width of Orgoreyn to the coast of the Western Sea.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin