plead

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/pliːd/

verb 4

Collocations

(verb.) ask sb for sth in a very serious way

ADV

almost

The child was almost pleading for permission to stay up late.

silently

successfully

He successfully pleaded guilty and received a lighter sentence from the judge.

PREP

for

The refugees pleaded for help at the border after traveling for weeks.

with

She pleaded with her parents to let her stay up late on weekends.

(verb.) say that you are guilty/not guilty

PHRASES

plead guilty/not guilty

The defendant decided to plead guilty to the theft charge during her court appearance.

Definitions

verb

To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.

The defendant has decided to plead not guilty.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.

He pleaded with me not to leave the house.

He was pleading for mercy.

To offer by way of excuse.

Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness.

It is no defence to plead that you were only obeying orders.

To discuss by arguments.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The defendant has decided to plead not guilty.

Wiktionary

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

Wiktionary

At the High Court in Aberdeen in September, NR pleaded guilty to a series of failings, including failing to tell the driver that it was unsafe to drive the train at the 75mph line speed.

Wiktionary

The man who was arrested for murder asked to plead the fifth.

Tatoeba · #270363

I plead guilty.

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I plead you to tell me the truth.

Tatoeba · #530049

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