English-French translations for alibi

• alibi
  Mais en réalité, c' est un alibi. In reality, however, this is an alibi.
  Nous ne servirons pas d'alibi moral à une telle politique. We will not be used as a moral alibi for such a policy.
  Cela ne donne pas à Israël l'alibi nécessaire pour se livrer à ces actes criminels. It does not give Israel an alibi for engaging in such criminal acts.

Definition of alibi

• The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed
• An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame
• To provide an alibi#Noun|alibi for

Examples

• to set up an alibi
• to prove an alibi

Related words

• calibre
• caliber
• halibut
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• calibrated
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