alibi

al·i·bi  (l-b)

n. pl. al·i·bis

1. Law

a. A form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed.

b. The fact of having been elsewhere when a crime in question was committed.

2. Usage Problem An explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse.

v. al·i·bied, al·i·bi·ing, al·i·bis Usage Problem

v.intr.

To make an excuse for oneself.

v.tr.

To make an excuse for (another).

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[Latin, elsewhere, from alius, other (on the model of ibi, there); see al-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: When used as a noun, alibi in its nonlegal sense of "an excuse" is acceptable in written usage to almost half of the Usage Panel. As a verb (they never alibi), it is unacceptable in written usage to a large majority of the Panel.

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alibi

Noun

pl -bis

1. Law a plea of being somewhere else when a crime was committed

2. Informal an excuse

Verb

[-biing, -bied]

to provide someone with an alibi [Latin: elsewhere]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alibi - (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question vindication, defense, defence - the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	alibi - 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" exculpation, excuse, self-justification vindication, defense, defence - the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory" extenuation, mitigation - a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
Verb	1.	alibi - exonerate by means of an alibi excuse, explain - serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

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alibi

noun excuse, reason, defence, explanation, plea, justification, pretext

Translations

alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] n → coartada

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alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] n → alibi m

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alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] n → Alibi nt

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alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] n → alibi m inv

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alibi

n alibi [ˈӕlibai]

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? alibi إثْبَات الغَيْبَه(وَقْت الجَرِيمَه)، عُذْر алиби alibi alibi das Alibi άλλοθι coartada alibi مدرک برای اثبات عدم حضور در محل جرم alibi alibi אַלִיבִּי बहाना alibi alibi alibi fjarvistarsönnun alibi アリバイ 현장 부재 증명 alibi alibi alibi alibi alibi alibi álibi alibi алиби alibi alibi alibi alibi การอ้างฐานที่อยู่ savunma kanıtı 不在犯罪現場的事實或申辯, 辯解 алібі عذر عدم موجودگی از موقع واردات chứng cớ ngoại phạm 不在犯罪现场的事实或申辩, 辩解