alibi

Definition

  • noun: a claim that you cannot be guilty of a crime because you were somewhere else when the crime was committed
  • noun: the plea of having been at the time of the commission of an act elsewhere than at the place of commission
  • verb: to exonerate by an alibi

Examples

  • He has an ironclad/perfect 'alibi'. [=an alibi that cannot be proved false]

  • Her doctor is her 'alibi': she was in surgery at the time of the murder.

  • Nobody could confirm his 'alibi' that he was at the movies.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) They've probably fired me already. The basic rule here is that people hold on to their jobs as long as they show up. If I had to verify every alibi, I'd never get out of the office. But she's been suffering from an illness. Depression. Depression is just self-pity mixed with laziness. (..)
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