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- Dictionaryalibi/ˈalɪbʌɪ/
noun
- 1. a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place: "she has an alibi for the whole of yesterday evening"
verb
- 1. provide an alibi for: "her friend agreed to alibi her"
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The meaning of ALIBI is the plea of having been at the time of the commission of an act elsewhere than at the place of commission; also : the fact or state of having been elsewhere at the time. How to use alibi in a sentence.
An alibi ( / ˈæləbaɪ /, from the Latin, alibī, meaning "somewhere else") is a statement by a person under suspicion in a crime that they were in a different place when the offence was committed.
proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened: He has a cast-iron (= very strong) alibi - he was in hospital the week of the murder. an excuse for something bad or for a failure:
Your alibi is evidence that proves your innocence. If you were making cookies with your mom when someone raided your sister's piggy bank, your mom is your alibi, since she knows you were with her when the crime was committed.
proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened: He has a cast-iron (= very strong) alibi - he was in the hospital the week of the murder. an excuse for something bad or for a failure:
Alibi definition: the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.. See examples of ALIBI used in a sentence.
the defensive plea or fact that an accused person was elsewhere than at the scene of the crime with which the person is charged.
What does the word alibi mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word alibi. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word alibi? About 0.9 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word alibi pronounced? British English.
noun. /ˈæləbaɪ/ evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it. The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery. Extra Examples. Topics Crime and punishment c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
n. pl. al·i·bis. 1. Law. a. A form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed. b. The fact of having been elsewhere when a crime in question was committed. 2. An explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse.
