Alibi

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed.
  • noun. The fact of having been elsewhere when a crime in question was committed.
  • noun. An explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse.
  • intransitive verb. To make an excuse for oneself.
  • intransitive verb. To make an excuse for (another).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In law, elsewhere; at another place.
  • noun. In law, a plea of having been elsewhere at the time an offense is alleged to have been committed.
  • noun. The fact or state of having been elsewhere at the time specified: as, he attempted to prove an alibi.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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
  • verb. to provide an alibi for
  • verb. to provide an excuse for
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. exonerate by means of an alibi
  • noun. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
  • noun. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
  • Word Usage
    "And you know, when we ` re talking about his story, that ` s one of the things that ` s really captured, I think, the attention of people around here is it ` s so absurd that somebody ` s-- if you want to use the term alibi, would be that they left their pregnant wife by the side of the road."
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