Word of the Day: Alibi

Word of the Day: 
Alibi

PRONUNCIATION:  [al-uh-bahy]
MEANING:
noun:
Proof of being elsewhere at the time of a crime


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ETYMOLOGY1720–30;  < Latin alibī  (adv.): in or at another place.


USAGE: (1) His doctor is his alibi: he was in surgery at the time of the murder. 
(2) No body could confirm his alibi that she was at the movies.

SYNONYMS: excuse, apology, defense, justification, plea, reason

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