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1. (n.) alibi
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere when an offense was committed.
2. alibi
an excuse, esp. to avoid blame.
3. alibi
a person used as one's excuse.
4. (v.i.) alibi
to give an excuse; offer a defense.
5. (v.t.) alibi
to provide an alibi for (someone).
6. alibi
to make or find (one's way) by using alibis.
Etymology: (1720–30; < L: in or at another place)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alibi
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
2. (verb) excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
"he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
3. (verb) alibi
exonerate by means of an alibi
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1. (noun) alibi
proof you were not at a crime
She has the perfect alibi for the night of the murder.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) alibi
the plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi
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Sense: the fact or a statement that a person accused of a crime was somewhere else when it was committed
Has he an alibi for the night of the murder?
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 Afrikaans: alibi |
 Arabic: إثْبَات الغَيْبَه(وَقْت ا |
 Bulgarian: алиби |
 Brazilian: álibi |
 Czech: alibi |
 German: das Alibi |
 Danish: alibi |
 Greek: άλλοθι |
 Spanish: coartada |
 Estonian: alibi |
 Farsi: مدرک برای اثبات عدم حضور |
 Finnish: alibi |
 French: alibi |
 Hebrew: אַלִיבִּי |
 Hindi: बहाना |
 Croatian: alibi |
 Hungarian: alibi |
 Indonesian: alibi |
 Icelandic: fjarvistarsönnun |
 Italian: alibi |
 Japanese: アリバイ |
 Korean: 현장 부재(증명) |
 Lithuanian: alibi |
 Latvian: alibi |
 Malay: alibi |
 Dutch: alibi |
 Norwegian: alibi |
 Polish: alibi |
 Persian: مدرک برای اثبات عدم حضور |
 Pashto: د جرم په محل د نه شتون د |
 Portuguese: álibi |
 Romanian: alibi |
 Russian: алиби |
 Slovak: alibi |
 Slovenian: alibi |
 Serbian: alibi |
 Swedish: alibi |
 Thai: การอ้างฐานที่อยู่ |
 Turkish: savunma kanıtı |
 Taiwanese: 不在場證明 |
 Ukrainian: алібі |
 Urdu: عذر عدم موجودگی از موقع و |
 Vietnamese: chứng cớ ngoại phạm |
 Chinese: 不在犯罪现场的事实或辩解，托辞 |
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