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Alibi

noun

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

A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.. Synonyms: exculpation, excuse, self-justification. "Every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job" , "His transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

verb

Exonerate by means of an alibi.

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"Alibi" Quotes from Famous Books

... when she was seen. The guests streamed out of the dining-room directly the shot was heard, therefore it is impossible that Miss Heredith could have shot Violet Heredith and then reached the bottom of the stairs so quickly. She is able to establish an alibi of time, by, ...

— The Hand in the Dark • Arthur J. Rees

... had given rise to these absurd reports, but there was nothing to be gained by pursuing them. The killing of the Chinaman might have been something to my hand, but if Doddridge Knapp had such a perfect alibi it was a waste of ...

— Blindfolded • Earle Ashley Walcott

... habeas corpus if he shows by clear and satisfactory evidence that he was outside the demanding State at the time of the crime.[210] If, however, the evidence is conflicting, habeas corpus is not a proper proceeding to try the question of alibi.[211] ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... minutes, he told Starr curtly that he could go if he wanted to; and he bettered that by muttering to the coroner that he had a notion to hold the fellow, but that he seemed to have a pretty clear alibi, and they could get him later if they wanted him. To which the coroner agreed in ...

— Starr, of the Desert • B. M Bower

... was full of inventiveness, and he may have adopted that course hoping, when the time came, to prove an alibi. Who knows?" ...

— The Sign of Silence • William Le Queux

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