ALIAS


Meaning of ALIAS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ eɪliəs ]

( aliases)

1.

An alias is a false name, especially one used by a criminal.

Using an alias, he had rented a house in Fleet, Hampshire.

N-COUNT

2.

You use alias when you are mentioning another name that someone, especially a criminal or an actor, is known by.

...the defendant Pericles Pericleous, alias Peter Smith.

PREP : n-proper PREP n-proper

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