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Meanings of false name in English

Portuguese
nome falso
Catalan
mot

A name that has been assumed temporarily.

nome falso
Usage of false name in English
1
It had been rented under a false name almost a year before.
The capitol game
2
When she rented anywhere new she'd do so under a false name.
The Guardian
3
He could not see any joke in a false name being given.
The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair / ...
4
Carruthers was a false name, but she was the woman all right.
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
5
A false name is security, and he had rejected that false name.
Les Misérables
6
Don't deceive yourself with a name; nothing misleads like a false name.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
7
She was tricked into marriage by a man bearing a false name.
The White Princess
8
They get a phone installed under a false name in an empty safe-house.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
9
Tomlin Ergoten is a false name meant to protect Pinkus Ghort.
Surrender to the will of the night
10
Nothing; that is, nothing about Wilson going by a false name.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
11
Here I live, in my real appearance, under a false name.
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
12
You gave me a false name to spy out the land.
A Daughter of the Dons: A Story of New Mexico Today
13
He sidled up to a corporal and gave a false name.
The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
14
I shall be obliged to change my residence, and assume a false name.
The Lerouge Case
15
Nor did he want to tell an untruth, and give a false name.
The Boy from the Ranch; Or, Roy Bradner's City Experiences
16
Quick as lightning, Guy suspected Nevitt might be passing under a false name.
What's Bred in the Bone
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United Kingdom
Common
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