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alibi
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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).

[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.

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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.alibialibi - 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"
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
Verb1.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"

alibi
Translations

alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] ncoartada
alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] nalibi m
alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] nAlibi nt
alibi [ˈælɪbaɪ] nalibi m inv

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,

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