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An alibi is a defense for having been somewhere else during the time one is accused of being somewhere incriminating. (noun)
When a person is charged with burglary but he says he was busy giving a seminar during the time of the break-in, it is an example of an alibi.
An alibi is an excuse used by a person when they’re trying to avoid getting into trouble, so they say they were somewhere they weren’t. (noun)
An example of an alibi is when parents asks their teen where he has been, and the child says he was studying at the library when he was really hanging out with friends at the mall.
Alibi is the act of saying that someone was with you instead of where someone is accused of being, either as a defense for an accusation or as a way to avoid getting into trouble. (verb)
When a wife says her husband was at home when the murder occurred, it is an example of alibi.
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