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alibis

Variant of alibi

noun pl. alibis

  1. Law the defensive plea or fact that an accused person was elsewhere than at the scene of the crime with which the person is charged
  2. Informal an excuse

intransitive verb, transitive verb alibied, alibiing

Informal to offer an excuse (for)

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