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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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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:
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.
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:
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.
Definition of 'alibi' Word Frequency. alibi. (ælɪbaɪ ) Word forms: plural alibis. 1. countable noun. If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed. 2. countable noun. You can say that someone has an alibi when they can prove that something was not their fault.
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.
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.
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?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English al‧i‧bi /ˈæləbaɪ/ noun [ countable] 1 something that proves that someone was not where a crime happened and therefore could not have done it a perfect/cast-iron/unshakeable etc alibi He had a perfect alibi and the police let him go. 2 an excuse for something you have failed to do or have done w...
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.
