alibi

  1. Noun.  (legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
  2. Verb.  to provide an alibi for.
  3. Verb.  to provide an excuse for.

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