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  • alibi — al·i·bi n [Latin, elsewhere, from alius other]: a defense of having been somewhere other than at the scene of a crime at the time the crime was committed; also: the fact or state of having been elsewhere at the time a crime was committed ◇… …   Law dictionary

  • alibi — [18] In Latin, alibi means literally ‘somewhere else’. It is the locative form (that is, the form expressing place) of the pronoun alius ‘other’ (which is related to Greek allos ‘other’ and English else). When first introduced into English it was …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • alibi — [18] In Latin, alibi means literally ‘somewhere else’. It is the locative form (that is, the form expressing place) of the pronoun alius ‘other’ (which is related to Greek allos ‘other’ and English else). When first introduced into English it was …   Word origins

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  • alibi — (n.) 1743, the plea of having been elsewhere when an action took place, from L. alibi elsewhere, somewhere else, locative of alius (an)other (see ALIAS (Cf. alias) (adv.)). The weakened sense of excuse is attested since 1912, but technically any… …   Etymology dictionary

  • alibi — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, excuse (See vindication). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A legal defense] Syn. proof of absence, plea, explanation, defense, declaration, statement, case, defense of being elsewhere, allegation,… …   English dictionary for students

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