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alibi

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Definitions

﹒A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.

﹒An excuse or pretext used to avoid blame.

Examples

﹒The suspect provided a solid alibi, claiming he was at the cinema during the time of the robbery.

﹒Without a credible alibi, the police remained suspicious of his whereabouts on the night in question.

﹒She managed to prove her alibi by showing the investigators a timestamped receipt from a local restaurant.

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