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• IDENTITY THEFT (noun) The noun IDENTITY THEFT has 1 sense: 1. the co-option of another person’s personal information (e.g., name, Social Security number, credit card number, passport) without that person’s knowledge and the fraudulent use of such knowledge Familiarity information: IDENTITY THEFT used as a noun is very rare.
