English-German translations for alibi

• Alibi das
  In Wirklichkeit ist dies jedoch ein Alibi. In reality, however, this is an alibi.
  Wir lassen uns nicht als moralisches Alibi für eine solche Politik benutzen. We will not be used as a moral alibi for such a policy.
  Es gibt Israel kein Alibi, derartig verbrecherische Gewaltakte zu begehen. 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
• calibrate
• calibrated
• calibration
• Taliban
• alible
• Talibanization