Plead
51plead — verb 1) he pleaded with her to stay Syn: beg, implore, entreat, appeal to, supplicate, importune, petition, request, ask, call on; literary beseech See note at beg 2) she pleaded ignorance …
52plead — v 1. appeal, entreat, beg, beseech; supplicate, ask, apply for; seek, request, call for; appeal to, implore, Brit. Inf. prig; pray, petition, solicit, supplicate, obtest; adjure, conjure, Rare. sue; press, importune, demand. 2. argue against,… …
53plead — [pliːd] verb 1) [I] to make an urgent or emotional request She pleaded with him to stay, but he would not.[/ex] 2) [I/T] legal to say in a court of law whether you are guilty of a crime or not Both defendants pleaded not guilty.[/ex] 3) [T] to… …
54plead — To make, deliver, or file any pleading; to conduct the pleadings in a cause. To interpose any pleading in a civil action. More particularly, to deliver in a formal manner the defendant s answer to the plaintiffs declaration, complaint or to the… …
55plead — To draft and serve or file a pleading, particularly a pleading by defendant. To raise a defense. Farm Bureau Auto. Ins. Co. v Martin, 97 NH 196, 84 A2d 823, 29 ALR2d 811 …
56plead the fifth — verb To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker. Syn: take the fifth …
57plead the Fifth — verb To invoke the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves. Syn: take the fifth …
58plead guilty — Synonyms and related words: acknowledge, admit, admit everything, allow, apologize, avow, beg pardon, come clean, concede, confess, cop a plea, do penance, grant, let on, open up, out with it, own, own up, reform, repent, spill, spill it, spit it …
59plead guilty — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. confess, repent, concede; see admit 3 …
60plead innocent — is wrong, at least in the English speaking world. Under the British and American judicial systems, one pleads guilty or not guilty …
