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Alibi   /ˈæləbˌaɪ/   Listen
Alibi

noun
1.
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
2.
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc..  Synonyms: exculpation, excuse, self-justification.  "Every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job" , "His transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
verb
1.
Exonerate by means of an alibi.



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"Alibi" Quotes from Famous Books



... your question, monsieur," he cried; "and the answer is simple. The mysterious criminals seized the Baroness de Vibray's body and brought it to Dollon's studio to create an alibi, and to cast suspicion on an innocent man. As you know, the stratagem was successful: two hours after the discovery of the crime, the police arrested Mademoiselle Dollon's ...
— Messengers of Evil - Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantomas • Pierre Souvestre
... proven a complete alibi for Eugene Barnett through unshaken and undisputable witnesses. He was not in the Avalon hotel during the riot; he was in the Roderick hotel lobby; he had no gun and he took no part in ...
— The Centralia Conspiracy • Ralph Chaplin
... I'm not sure that you have got rid of it yet! You, Stringer, appear to think that Nurse Proctor is responsible. Upon my word, you are a hopeless pair! Suppose Soames had nothing whatever to do with the matter, but merely realized that he could not prove an alibi? Wouldn't YOU bolt? I ...
— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer
... up," the convict said. "I wanted no part of that guy, so I figured my best alibi was ...
— Take the Reason Prisoner • John Joseph McGuire
... "he can easily prove an alibi, so far as this wreck is concerned. He went east on 202 yesterday. You ...
— The Taming of Red Butte Western • Francis Lynde


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