alibi
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
alibi (plural alibis)
- (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
- to set up an alibi
- to prove an alibi
- 1988, Criminal Law Deskbook, →ISBN:
- Alibi is different from all of the other defenses . . . it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent.
- An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
Usage notes
- A very good alibi might be described e.g. as perfect, watertight, airtight, solid or iron-clad.
Derived terms
Translations
criminal legal defense
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Verb
alibi (third-person singular simple present alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)
See also
Alibi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Defense (legal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Locked room mystery on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Perfect murder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.liˌbi/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ali‧bi
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alibi | alibit | |
genitive | alibin | alibien | |
partitive | alibia | alibeja | |
illative | alibiin | alibeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alibi | alibit | |
accusative | nom. | alibi | alibit |
gen. | alibin | ||
genitive | alibin | alibien | |
partitive | alibia | alibeja | |
inessive | alibissa | alibeissa | |
elative | alibista | alibeista | |
illative | alibiin | alibeihin | |
adessive | alibilla | alibeilla | |
ablative | alibilta | alibeilta | |
allative | alibille | alibeille | |
essive | alibina | alibeina | |
translative | alibiksi | alibeiksi | |
instructive | — | alibein | |
abessive | alibitta | alibeitta | |
comitative | — | alibeineen |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.li.bi/
Audio (file)
Italian
Latin
Alternative forms
- aliubi (rare)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.biː/, [ˈa.lɪ.biː]
Related terms
Descendants
References
- alibi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alibi in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alibi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlʲi.bʲi/
Audio (file)
Declension
Indeclinable.
Serbo-Croatian
Declension
Declension of alibi
singular | plural | |
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nominative | alibi | alibiji |
genitive | alibija | alibija |
dative | alibiju | alibijima |
accusative | alibi | alibije |
vocative | alibi | alibiji |
locative | alibiju | alibijima |
instrumental | alibijem | alibijima |
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalibi/
Declension
Indeclinable.
Further reading
- alibi in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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