alibi

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.4 Verb 1.5 See also 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.2 Anagrams 4 Latin 4.1 Adverb 5 Polish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Serbo-Croatian 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

Latin alibi (“‘elsewhere, at another place’”).

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• (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/
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[edit] Noun

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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• watertight alibi

[edit] Verb

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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• Wikipedia article Alibi
• Wikipedia article Defense
• Wikipedia article Locked room mystery
• Wikipedia article Perfect murder

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alibi

1. alibi

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Declension of alibi (type risti) singular plural nominative alibi alibit genitive alibin alibien partitive alibia alibeja accusative alibi alibin alibit inessive alibissa alibeissa elative alibista alibeista illative alibiin alibeihin adessive alibilla alibeilla ablative alibilta alibeilta allative alibille alibeille essive alibina alibeina translative alibiksi alibeiksi instructive – alibein abessive alibitta alibeitta comitative – alibeineen

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[edit] Italian

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alibi m. inv.

1. alibi

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• abili
• bilia
• Libia

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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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