alibi
🇺🇸
/ˈæləbaɪ/
🇬🇧
/ˈæləbaɪ/
noun
R
Proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened.
They could not charge him with the theft because his friend gave him an alibi.
R
A reason given to say you did not do something wrong.
He used being stuck in traffic as an alibi for missing the meeting.
translation
Proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened.; A reason given to say you did not do something wrong.
Word Forms
Plural
alibis