ALL meanings of alibi
al·i·bi
A a - countable noun alibi If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed. 3
- countable noun alibi You can say that someone has an alibi when they can prove that something was not their fault. 3
- noun alibi a defence by an accused person that he was elsewhere at the time the crime in question was committed 3
- noun alibi the evidence given to prove this 3
- noun alibi an excuse 3
- verb alibi to provide with an alibi 3
- noun alibi the defensive plea or fact that an accused person was elsewhere than at the scene of the crime with which the person is charged 3
- intransitive verb alibi to offer an excuse (for) 3
- noun plural alibi Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed. 1
- noun plural alibi an excuse, especially to avoid blame. 1
- noun plural alibi a person used as one's excuse: My sick grandmother was my alibi for missing school. 1
- verb without object alibi Informal. to give an excuse; offer a defense: to alibi for being late. 1
- verb with object alibi Informal. to provide an alibi for (someone): He alibied his friend out of a fix. to make or find (one's way) by using alibis: to alibi one's way out of work. 1
- noun alibi law: defence 1
- noun alibi excuse, defence 1
- noun alibi sb providing alibi 1
- noun alibi Alibi in Latin is an adverb meaning “in or at another place.” Its earliest English uses, in the 18th century, are in legal contexts, both as an adverb and as a noun meaning “a plea of having been elsewhere.” The extended noun senses “excuse” and “person used as one's excuse” developed in the 20th century in the United States and occur in all but the most formal writing. As a verb alibi occurs mainly in informal use. 1
- noun alibi A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place. 1
- noun alibi (law) 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; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. 0
- noun alibi An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame. 0
- verb alibi To provide an alibi for. 0
- verb alibi To provide an excuse for. 0