alibinoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæl.ɪ.baɪ/us/ˈæl.ɪ.baɪ/proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened:
He has a cast-iron (= very strong) alibi - he was in hospital the week of the murder.
an excuse for something bad or for a failure:
After eight years in power, the government can no longer use the previous government's policy as an alibi for its own failure.
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