: a card bearing identifying data (such as age or organizational membership) about the individual whose name appears thereon
called also identification card, identity card
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Now, all states must at least require proof of your legal name, date of birth, Social Security number, legal residency, and two forms verifying your address before issuing a driver’s license or ID card.
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
At the time of his arrest, Pree allegedly had several cellphones, ID cards, debit and credit cards in different people’s names, multiple drivers’ licenses and a fake Harvard University ID.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Both players were arrested inside the French casino in late July after weeks of surveillance, with police recovering a variety of items from both their person and their hotel rooms (including ID cards from casinos around Europe that suggested a prolonged scheme).
—Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
Mangione reportedly had a gun, a silencer, and false ID cards similar to those thought to have been used by the killer in New York City.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
At the time of his arrest, Pree allegedly had several cellphones, ID cards, debit and credit cards in different people’s names, multiple drivers’ licenses and a fake Harvard University ID.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
Both players were arrested inside the French casino in late July after weeks of surveillance, with police recovering a variety of items from both their person and their hotel rooms (including ID cards from casinos around Europe that suggested a prolonged scheme).
—Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
Mangione reportedly had a gun, a silencer, and false ID cards similar to those thought to have been used by the killer in New York City.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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“ID card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ID%20card. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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