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identity card

noun

Definition of identity card

: id

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Peter explained the problem: one of the guys was carrying a new identity card, rumored to contain a chip that can be used to identify and track people down. Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, "Bravery and Nihilism Amid the Protests in Hong Kong," 31 Aug. 2019 Pete Buttigieg is hitting back against a lawsuit filed by conservative group Judicial Watch against a South Bend identity card program aimed at helping the city’s undocumented population. Chuck Todd And Carrie Dann, NBC News, "The Dem civil war has faded from center stage— for now. How long will that last?," 8 Aug. 2019 Being able to obtain family documents could ease hurdles women faced in obtaining a national identity card and enrolling their children in school. NBC News, "Saudi Arabia law change allows women to travel without male consent," 2 Aug. 2019 The police’s Brigade Touristique patrols areas popular with visitors, checking identity cards and arresting Moroccans for public drunkenness, theft, begging, and not having a guide license. Rachel Monroe, Outside Online, "Last winter, Moroccan officials found two hikers dead on the trail to the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. The international investigation that followed revealed the fragility of the adventure travel economy, as well as what happens when a small tourist hub is suddenly made strange by violence.," 29 July 2019 Republicans have long claimed Democrats too quickly resort to pulling identity cards when criticized. New York Daily News, Twin Cities, "Other voices: AOC should drop the victim card when facing criticism," 18 July 2019 The girl's government services identity card was found in a pavilion near the coast last Wednesday night. Steven Jiang, CNN, "Missing 9-year-old girl, whose disappearance gripped China, found dead," 15 July 2019 Voters had to bring their official Guatemalan identity card — known as a DPI, after its Spanish initials — to the consulate. Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com, "Guatemalans vote in L.A. for their country’s presidential election, a historic first," 16 June 2019 Over recent years, Xinjiang has been transformed into a vast security state , packed with police stations, street cameras and security checkpoints at which electronic identity cards are scanned. Christopher Bodeen, Fox News, "US lawmakers urge export restrictions targeting Xinjiang," 12 Sep. 2018

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First Known Use of identity card

1900, in the meaning defined above

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