noun
[ U ] a situation in which you think wrongly that you recognize sb or have found the person you are looking for :
He was shot in what seems to have been a case of mistaken identity .
noun
[ U ] a situation in which you think wrongly that you recognize sb or have found the person you are looking for :
He was shot in what seems to have been a case of mistaken identity .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005