alibi witness

noun

law
: a witness upon whom a criminal defendant relies in establishing or providing an alibi

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Carr said in 2024 that credible alibi witnesses place Johnson elsewhere at the time of the crime. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 At trial, those three people, Scott Hopkins' alibi witnesses, would all testify. — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2026 The young man had several alibi witnesses and was not tied to the killing by any physical evidence. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026 From a questionable police investigation to a questionable attorney who didn’t bring the alibi witness in to testify, to media sensationalism and no forensic evidence. — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alibi witness

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First Known Use

1774, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of alibi witness was in 1774

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alibi witness

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