alibi

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. bevis for at en var på et annet sted enn åstedet en forbrytelse ble begått proof that one was somewhere other than the scene of a crime when it was committed
   • ha et vanntett, uangripelig alibi to have a watertight, unassailable alibi
   • bevise sitt alibi to prove one's alibi
   • ha sitt alibi i orden to have one's alibi in order
2. påskudda pretext, an excuse;
   dekke (I)covering · surface · cover, kamuflasjecamouflage, disguise a pretext, an excusepåskudd;
   coverdekke (I), camouflagekamuflasje
   • finne et alibi for strengere kontrolltiltak to find a pretext for stricter control measures
   • partiets radikale alibi the party's radical cover