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Webster 1913 Edition

Alibi

Al′i-bi

,
Noun.
[L., elsewhere, at another place. See
Alias
.]
(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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alibi

AL'IBI

,
Noun.
[L.] Elsewhere; in another place; a law term. When a person is charged with an offense, and he proves that he could not have committed it, because he was, at the time, in another place, he is said to prove an alibi. The part of a plea or allegation, which avers the party to have been in another place, is also called an alibi.

Definition 2025

Alibi

Alibi

See also: alibi and álibi

German

Noun

Alibi n ‎(genitive Alibis, plural Alibis)

  1. alibi

Declension

alibi

alibi

See also: Alibi and álibi

English

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 being in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
    • 1988, Criminal Law Deskbook, ISBN 0820512176:
      Alibi is different from all of the other defenses . . . it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent.
  2. An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.

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Translations

Verb

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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Finnish

Noun

alibi

  1. alibi

Declension

Inflection of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative alibi alibit
genitive alibin alibien
partitive alibia alibeja
illative alibiin alibeihin
singular plural
nominative alibi alibit
accusative nom. alibi alibit
gen. alibin
genitive alibin alibien
partitive alibia alibeja
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

French

Pronunciation

Noun

alibi m ‎(plural alibis)

  1. alibi

Italian

Noun

alibi m ‎(invariable)

  1. alibi

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From alius ‎(“other, another”) + ibī.

Pronunciation

Adverb

alibī ‎(not comparable)

  1. elsewhere

Related terms

Descendants

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Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

alibi n

  1. alibi

Declension

Indeclinable.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

àlībi m ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)

  1. alibi

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin alibī.

Noun

alibi n

  1. alibi

Declension

Indeclinable.

Pronunciation

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