plead
IPA: pɫˈid
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
- (intransitive) To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.
- (transitive) To offer by way of excuse.
- (transitive) To discuss by arguments.
Advertisement
Examples of "plead" in Sentences
- The man pleaded guilty to the offense.
- The man purports and pleads to the judge.
- The arbcom case is the place to plead that case.
- The defendant cannot plead guilty to the charges.
- The others plead with the Count, but he is adamant.
- On the pleadings the tenants did not allege negligence.
- The company offered to plead guilty to the misdemeanors.
- In the poem, the Muslims repeatedly plead for coexistence.
- I plead for the recognition of this by the Romanian people.
- At the screening he pleaded for the abolition of atomic weapons.