identity parade

English

Noun

identity parade (plural identity parades)

1. (UK, 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,^[1]

     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,^[2]

     ‘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?’

Translations

process

• German: Gegenüberstellung (de) f
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