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alibi

/ˈælɪbaɪ/ noun · British & US
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What does alibi mean?

noun

A statement or fact put forward as evidence that a person was somewhere other than the place where a crime, etc. was committed, in order to prove they could not have been responsible.

Example

"The suspect claimed an alibi for the time the robbery took place."

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