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Definition of Alibi

1. Noun. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.

2. Verb. Exonerate by means of an alibi.

3. Noun. A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.. "His transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

Definition of Alibi

1. n. 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.

Definition of Alibi

1. Noun. (legal) 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 ¹

2. Verb. to provide an alibi for ¹

3. Verb. to provide an excuse for ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alibi

1. to make excuses for oneself [v -BIED, -BIING, -BIES or -BIS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alibi

alguazil alguazils algum algums algæ algæsthesis alhaji alhajia alhajis alhenna

alias aliased aliases aliasing aliasings alibi (current term) alibied alibies alibiing alibility

alibis alible alicant alicants alickadoo alickadoos alicorn alicycle alicyclic alicyclic compound

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