Definition of Alibi

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Definition of Alibi

Alibi

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.

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Alibi Quotations

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
Will Rogers

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.
Albert Camus

People always ask me, "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" Well, I don't have an alibi.
Emo Philips

Home Alone was a movie, not an alibi.
Jerry Orbach

Alibi Translations

alibi in Afrikaans is alibi
alibi in Danish is alibi
alibi in Dutch is alibi
alibi in French is excuse, alibi
alibi in German is Alibi {n}
alibi in Italian is scusa, scusa
alibi in Spanish is alibi, subterfugio, excusa, coartada
alibi in Swedish is alibi

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