To keep the police off his tracks, the criminal assumed an alias whenever he moved to live in another place.2. At another time; in another place; in other circumstances; otherwise: In the alias of the last century, Mr. Smith was known as Lord J. C. Wigglebottom.
3. In the field of electronics, a misleading electronic signal that is technologically generated: The computer expert recognized the aliases and was able to modify the program to overcome the difficulties.
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"Samuel Langhorne Clemens, alias dictus was Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), who was an American author who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer among several other novels."2. Etymology: from Latin alias, "otherwise, at another time". Also from Latin dictus, the perfect passive participle of dico, "to say".
2. An assumed name.
"To keep the police off his tracks, the man assumed an alias every time he moved."