n., pl. -bis.

1. Law.
   1. A form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed.
   2. The fact of having been elsewhere when a crime in question was committed.
2. Usage Problem. An explanation offered to avoid blame or justify action; an excuse.

v. Usage Problem., -bied, -bi·ing, -bis.

v.intr.

To make an excuse for oneself.

v.tr.

To make an excuse for (another).

[Latin, elsewhere, from alius, other (on the model of ibi, there).]

USAGE NOTE   When used as a noun, alibi in its nonlegal sense of “an excuse” is acceptable in written usage to almost half of the Usage Panel. As a verb (they never alibi), it is unacceptable in written usage to a large majority of the Panel.

A provable account of an individual's whereabouts at the time of the commission of a crime which would make it impossible or impracticable to place him at the scene of the crime. An alibi negates the physical possibility that the suspected individual could have committed the crime. See 220 N.W. 328, 330. Compare justification.

IN BRIEF: The statement of being somewhere else when a crime was committed.

George had a solid alibi, so he wasn't charged with the crime.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - alibi
v. intr. - komme med undskyldninger, komme med udflugter

Nederlands (Dutch)
alibi/smoes, (zich) verontschuldigen

Français (French)
n. - alibi
v. intr. - trouver des excuses pour expliquer qch

Deutsch (German)
n. - Alibi
v. - ein Alibi geben, sich herausreden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άλλοθι, δικαιολογία, υπεκφυγή
v. - παρέχω άλλοθι

Italiano (Italian)
alibi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - álibi (m) (Jur.), contraprova (f), desculpa (f)
v. - apresentar desculpas

Русский (Russian)
алиби

Español (Spanish)
n. - coartada
v. intr. - probar la coartada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - alibi, bortförklaring
v. - ge alibi åt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不在场的证明, 托辞, 借口, 辩解

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不在場的證明, 托辭, 藉口
v. intr. - 辯解

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 알리바이(현장 부재 증명), 구실
v. intr. - 변명하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 現場不在立証, アリバイ, アリバイを証明する, 言い訳
v. - 弁明する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دفع بالغيبه : إدعاء المتهم بتواجده في مكان آخر أثناء وقوع الجريمه, عذر (فعل) يقدم عذرا, يبريء ألمتهم لتواجده في مكان آخر عند وقوع الجريمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טענת נאשם שהיה במקום אחר בעת שמעשה המיוחס לו קרה, אליבי, תירוץ, אמתלה‬
v. intr. - ‮סיפק אליבי או תירוץ ל-‬

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