false name
Example Sentences
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According to Italian news agency Ansa, he was living at the property under a false name.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
They had been staying in a hotel for two years, paying cash for their room under a false name and using taxis and public transport to avoid detection.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
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
He travelled to Hull and booked into a hotel under a false name.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
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
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