identification parade

noun

1. a group of persons including one suspected of having committed a crime assembled for the purpose of discovering whether a witness can identify the suspect

Example Sentences

“It is not a political or sexual identification parade.”

From New York Times

“The survivor had identified the convicts twice during the identification parade in jail and while recording her statement in front of the judge,” another prosecutor, Waqar Bhatti, said.

From Reuters

In an opinion piece for The Advance, he said the ban on L.G.B.T. groups had turned the event into a “sexual identification parade” for straight people.

From New York Times

“I said, ‘Yes,’ and he goes, ‘No, you can’t march. This is not a sexual identification parade.’

From New York Times

“It is not a political or sexual identification parade.”

From New York Times