Crossword-Solution: ALIBI 5 letters, 545 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Alibi n. The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial
for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place
when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an
alibi.

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ALIBI anagram BIALI, LIBAI, LIBIA

We have 545 clues for the answer “ALIBI”

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"Airtight" story 1 answer
"Couldn't have been me" rationale 1 answer
"Couldn't have been me" story 1 answer
"Get out of jail" story 1 answer
"Her ___" (1988 Selleck / Porizkova movie) 1 answer
"Her ___" (Selleck film) 1 answer
"I couldn't have done it because ...," e.g. 1 answer
"I couldn't have done that" excuse 1 answer
"I had to visit my sick aunt," e.g. 1 answer
"I ran out of gas," e.g. 1 answer
"I was asleep" isn't a very good one 1 answer
"I was asleep," for one 1 answer
"I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at a movie when it happened," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at a movie when the crime occurred," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at home all night," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at home in bed," for example 1 answer
"I was at home sleeping at the time," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at home washing my dog," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at my friend's all night," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at my girlfriend's," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at my mom's house at the time," for example 1 answer
"I was at the club that night," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at the movies - nowhere near the crime," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at the movies at the time," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at the movies," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at work all day," e.g. 1 answer
"I was at work then," e.g. 1 answer
"I was away on business," e.g. 1 answer
"I was elsewhere" excuse 1 answer
"I was home all night," for one 1 answer
"I was home alone all night," e.g. 1 answer
"I was home alone, asleep" isn't a very good one 1 answer
"I was home alone," perhaps 1 answer
"I was home watching TV," e.g. 1 answer
"I was nowhere near Oakland," e.g. 1 answer
"I was out of the country," e.g. 1 answer
"I was out of town at the time of the murder," e.g. 1 answer
"I was out of town at the time," e.g. 1 answer
"I was out of town that night," e.g. 1 answer
"I was out of town then," e.g. 1 answer
"I was out of town," e.g. 1 answer
"I was out of town," for one 1 answer
"I was solving a crossword when it happened," e.g. 1 answer
"I was somewhere else" excuse 1 answer
"I was somewhere else" statement 1 answer
"I was stuck in traffic at the time," e.g. 1 answer
"I was walking the dog at the time," e.g. 1 answer
"I was with Mom," e.g. 1 answer
"I was with my girlfriend all evening," e.g. 1 answer
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ALIBI (5)

But as a Christian man I feel bound to give you your chance, and ask you whether you will hear my alibi now or in court.” The inspector seemed for the first time disturbed, and said, “Of course I should be glad to clear you altogether now.” The smith walked out of his yard with the same long and easy stride, and returned to his two friends from Greenford, who were indeed friends of nearly everyone present.
The Innocence of Father Brown G. K. Chesterton 1995
Our readers will remember that the deceased gentleman was found stabbed in his room, and that some suspicion attached to his valet, but that the case broke down on an ALIBI.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 2008
Sadie Kate is very handy with the scissors, but she is also handy with an alibi! During the time when the clipping presumably occurred, she was occupying a stool in the corner of the schoolroom with her face to the wall, as twenty-eight children can testify.
Dear Enemy Jean Webster 1995
See Alias.] (Law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Noah Webster 1995
Man, but your alibi will stand! Is the window fast? The neighbours must not see the Deacon, the poor, sick Deacon, up and stirring at this time o’ night.
The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson 2013

Quotes with ALIBI (3)

If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
Dark Jar Tin Zoo Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
I suppose we'll never know what really happened in that room, though he did tell police, "I did it because I'm a dirty dog." This is not a very convincing alibi. He may as well have said, "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one.
Chuck Klosterman Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
Will Rogers
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 942 times in crossword archives (1948–2025).