alibi
Claim of absence
An alibi is evidence or a claim that a person was somewhere else when a crime or other event occurred, making their involvement impossible.
His alibi checked out—he was in Chicago when the robbery happened.
More loosely, alibi serves as an excuse or justification for any failure or wrongdoing: She always has an alibi for why she's late.
As a verb, to alibi is to provide such an excuse, often with a suggestion of evasiveness.
Believe to be likely
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- checkOrder to pay
verify · corroborate · timeline · whereabouts · motive · opportunity · witness · surveillance
Proving something accurate
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- substantiationProof of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
authentication · validation · timestamp · whereabouts · account · receipt · footage · surveillance
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
- defendantParty facing charges
courtroom · trial · verdict · acquittal · prosecution · cross-examination · plea · affidavit
Fabricated motive concealing truth
- justificationReason proving rightness
- coverProtect by overlaying
- storyAccount of events
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
lie · explanation · cover-up · evasion · false · fake · concocted · manufactured
suspect
Believe to be likely
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
check · verify · corroborate · timeline · whereabouts · motive · opportunity · witness · surveillance · footage
verification
Proving something accurate
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- substantiationProof of truth
documentation · authentication · validation · timestamp · whereabouts · account · receipt · footage · surveillance · cellphone
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- witnessOne who attests
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- corroborateConfirm with supporting evidence
defendant · courtroom · trial · verdict · acquittal · prosecution · cross-examination · plea · affidavit · deposition
pretext
Fabricated motive concealing truth
- justificationReason proving rightness
- coverProtect by overlaying
- storyAccount of events
fabrication · lie · explanation · cover-up · evasion · false · fake · concocted · manufactured · phony
- true crimetrue crime, cold case, crime docs, unsolved mystery, murder mystery
- excusesexcuse, not my fault, overslept, excuses, denial
- thriller tropesplot twist, red herring, cliffhanger, whodunit, femme fatale
- Criminal Defensedefense attorney, defense lawyer, defense strategy, defense team, defense witness
- Latin phrasesE pluribus unum, carpe diem, caveat emptor, veni vidi vici, ad astra
- courtroomjudge, jury, oath taking, lawyer, bench
- alien invasionAttack from outer space
- alien lifeNon-Earth organisms
- space alienExtraterrestrial life form
- alien abductionClaimed capture by extraterrestrials
- alien worldsPlanets outside our system
- alien technologyInventions from other worlds