Meaning

2 senses
  1. The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.

    to set up an alibi

    to prove an alibi

    Alibi

    а́либиálibi

    а́лібіálibi

    (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that they could not have committed the crime in question

  2. (proscribed, sometimes)An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.

    Alibi, Rechtfertigung, Ausrede

Examples

173 sentences
  1. Tom doesn't have an alibi either.

    У Тома також немає алібі. — deniko

    ruУ Тома тоже нет алиби. — marafon

    deAuch Tom hat kein Alibi. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. You have an alibi, I hope.

    Сподіваюся, ти маєш алібі. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, у тебя есть алиби. — marafon

  3. I hope you have an alibi.

    Сподіваюся, ти маєш алібі. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, у тебя есть алиби. — marafon

    deIch hoffe, dass du ein Alibi hast. — Luiaard

  4. Tom said he had an alibi.

    Том сказав, що у нього є алібі. — deniko

    ruТом сказал, что у него есть алиби. — marafon

  5. Tom said that he had an alibi.

    Том сказав, що у нього є алібі. — deniko

    ruТом сказал, что у него есть алиби. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
criminal legal defense:
Русский
By meaning 1
criminal legal defense:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
criminal legal defense:
excuse:

Origin

From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably

From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century.

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Forms

plural: alibis
Singularalibi
Pluralalibis

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • an an alibi
  • has no alibi
  • no alibi
  • alibi for the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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