Alibi
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English
Noun
Alibi (plural Alibis)- (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.
Verb
Alibi (third-person singular simple present alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)
- To provide an alibi for.
- To provide an excuse for.
Adjectives for Alibi
dubious; unquestioned; plausible; unbreakable; incontestable; air-tight; fantastic; faked; unprovable; admirable.
Verbs for Alibi
allege; build; concoct; dispense with; establish; fabricate; furnish; introduce; manufacture; offer; perjure; pose; prove; regard; resort to; scrutinize; set up; snarl; substantiate; support; tender; verify; acquits; bewilders; confounds; disconcerts; proves.
Thesaurus
alibi out of; apologize for; apology; blind; cloak; color; cop-out; cover; cover story; cover with excuses; cover-up; device; excuse; explain; explanation; facade; feint; front; gloss; guise; handle; lame excuse; lie out of; likely story; locus standi; make apology for; mask; offer excuse for; ostensible motive; out; plea; plead ignorance; poor excuse; pretense; pretension; pretext; protestation; public motive; put-off; refuge; right; screen; semblance; sham; show; smoke screen; squirm out of; stalking-horse; stratagem; subterfuge; trick; varnish; veil; worm out of
Etymology
Latin alibi (“elsewhere, at another place”).
