alibi

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Latin alibi (elsewhere, at another place).

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Singular
alibi

Plural
alibis

alibi (plural alibis)

  1. (law) 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. The Criminal Law Deskbook (1988; ISBN 0820512176) states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses...it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent."

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Infinitive
to alibi

Third person singular
alibies

Simple past
alibied

Past participle
alibied

Present participle
alibiing

to alibi (third-person singular simple present alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)

  1. To provide an alibi for.
  2. To provide an excuse for.

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[edit] Finnish

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alibi

  1. alibi

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alibi m. inv.

  1. alibi

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alibi

  1. elsewhere

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alibi n. (indeclinable)

  1. alibi

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àlībi m. (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)

  1. alibi

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