English to English
alibi
('/&/l/@/,b/aI/
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noun (n)
- (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.(noun.communication)Example:
Every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- exonerate by means of an alibi(verb.communication)source: wordnet30
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