usurpation d'identité

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /y.zyʁ.pa.sjɔ̃ d‿i.dɑ̃.ti.te/ === Noun === usurpation d'identité f (plural usurpations d'identité) identity theft (the fraudulent appropriation and use of a living individual's name or other personal information to gain illegitimate access to their finances or other resources) ==== Related terms ==== Not to be confused with vol d'identité which refers to cases where the victim is deceased, namely: the act of assuming the identity of deceased person (whether to gain access to their resources, to avoid being detected by a pursuer, e.g. a legal authority, or other purpose); the arrangement of circumstances by the culprit (who wishes, for whatever reason, to be believed dead) such that a corpse is thought to be the culprit's own.