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• alibi — al·i·bi n [Latin, elsewhere, from alius other]: a defense of having been somewhere other than at the scene of a crime at the time the crime was committed; also: the fact or state of having been elsewhere at the time a crime was committed ◇… …   Law dictionary

• alibi — is properly a legal term meaning ‘a plea that when an alleged act took place one was elsewhere’. The earliest use of alibi (18c) corresponded to that of the Latin adverb meaning ‘elsewhere’: those under suspicion had to prove that they were alibi …   Modern English usage

• Alibi Ike — is a series of short stories written by Ring Lardner and first published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 31, 1915. The story is about Frank X. Farrell, a baseball player who continually makes excuses for everything that goes wrong or right.… …   Wikipedia

• Alibi (play) — Infobox Play name = Alibi image size = writer = Michael Morton, from a novel by Agatha Christie date of premiere = May 15, 1928 country of Origin = United Kingdom original language = English Alibi is a 1928 play by Michael Morton based on The… …   Wikipedia

• Alibi Bye Bye — Infobox Film name = Alibi Bye Bye image size = caption = Publicity still of Clark McCullough director = Ben Holmes producer = Lee S. Marcus writer = Joseph Fields John Grey Bobby Clark narrator = starring = Bobby Clark Paul McCullough Bud Jamison …   Wikipedia

• alibi — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cast iron (BrE), good, ironclad (AmE), perfect, solid ▪ She was in the office all of Wednesday and so has a solid alibi. ▪ false …   Collocations dictionary

• alibi — al|i|bi [ˈælıbaı] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: somewhere else ] 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• alibi — UK [ˈælɪbaɪ] / US [ˈælɪˌbaɪ] noun [countable] Word forms alibi : singular alibi plural alibis 1) someone who has an alibi can prove that they were somewhere else when a crime was committed and so can claim to be not guilty 2) an excuse for not… …   English dictionary

• alibi — [[t]æ̱lɪbaɪ[/t]] alibis 1) N COUNT If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed. 2) N COUNT You can say that someone has an alibi when they can prove that something was not their fault. A role as… …   English dictionary

• alibi — al|i|bi [ ælı,baı ] noun count 1. ) someone who has an alibi can prove that they were somewhere else when a crime was committed and so can claim to be not guilty 2. ) an excuse for not having done something you should have done: Constant… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• alibi — a|li|bi sb., et, er, erne; have sit alibi i orden; skaffe sig et alibi …   Dansk ordbog