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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

alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] n → alibi m

alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] n → Alibi nt

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?alibiإثْبَات الغَيْبَه(وَقْت الجَرِيمَه)، عُذْرалибиalibialibidas Alibiάλλοθιcoartadaalibiمدرک برای اثبات عدم حضور در محل جرمalibialibiאַלִיבִּיबहानाalibialibialibifjarvistarsönnunalibiアリバイ현장 부재 증명alibialibialibialibialibialibiálibialibiалибиalibialibialibialibiการอ้างฐานที่อยู่savunma kanıtı不在犯罪現場的事實或申辯, 辯解алібіعذر عدم موجودگی از موقع وارداتchứng cớ ngoại phạm不在犯罪现场的事实或申辩, 辩解