"assumed name" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: assumed names [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} assumed name (plural assumed names)
  1. An alias, especially one adopted in order to deceive others. Translations (An alias, especially one adopted in order to deceive): salanimi (Finnish), alias (Finnish), peitenimi (Finnish), ainm bréige [masculine] (Irish), przybrane imię [neuter] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "An alias, especially one adopted in order to deceive",
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