alibi
ਬਹਾਨਾ
definition
verb
her friend agreed to alibi her
offer an excuse or defense for (someone), especially by providing an account of their whereabouts at the time of an alleged act.
noun
she has an alibi for the whole of yesterday evening
a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place.
example
The second 'alibi' , the Mongol invasion, is yet another favourite of their writing.
One suspects that it has been mainly thought of as a political 'alibi' and an excuse for supervision of the police.
He maintains that he has an 'alibi' for the crucial times surrounding the murder.
His question meant to give the minister a chance to 'alibi' why the administration had absolutely no response to the bombing.
He gave evidence himself, and called evidence in support of his 'alibi' .
That is his 'alibi' and excuse for doing absolutely nothing apart from parking himself into a limousine and taking his pay.
As it became clear that the DNA evidence was likely to be accepted, I wondered what new evidence would damage the 'alibi' .
One of the players against whom an allegation was made, an England international, is understood to be claiming he has an 'alibi' .
Otherwise, doubts would remain that such steps were aimed at providing an 'alibi' for a possible failure of the bid, he said.
This conclusion is sufficient also to dispose of the complaint about redirection on the date of the 'alibi' witness statements.
As it turned out, the letter was written on the managing editor's computer, but he has an 'alibi' .
There is no need for an 'alibi' to defend the colossal failure.
she has an 'alibi' for the whole of yesterday evening
The appellant never himself gave evidence to support the 'alibi' .
her friend agreed to 'alibi' her
a catch-all 'alibi' for failure and inadequacy
Also, could new evidence undermine the original 'alibi' ?
The prosecution alleges she gave him a false 'alibi' by claiming she was in Soham on the day the girls died, when she was really in Grimsby.
In the circumstances, his evidence as 'alibi' evidence is most unpromising.
On the other hand, he has to avoid the danger that the parties push all their difficult problems over to him so that they have an 'alibi' for failure to achieve something.
But the Party does not provide him with an 'alibi' for all his failures.
He refused to 'alibi' , saying he had simply not done a good job holding onto the football.
The moment we get into murky decision-making processes, everybody has an 'alibi' .
a defense of 'alibi'
And his own Prime Minister Ivan Kostov's initial reaction was that of a criminal with a water-tight 'alibi' : ‘Prove it!’
Mr Lydon claims he has an 'alibi' to disprove Mr Dunlop's allegations as he was a guest speaker at a conference hosted by the IACT.
He called 'alibi' evidence as to his earlier movements.
He claims an 'alibi' for this morning - counseling sessions.
Others suggested that Sherman was at fault for trying to present an 'alibi' defense.
Prosecutors were found to have withheld evidence showing that the 'alibi' of another suspect who had bragged about committing the murders was bogus.
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