plea

[US]/pliː/
[UK]/pliː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. request for mercy or leniency, excuse

Phrases & Collocations

plea bargain

plead guilty

pleading for mercy

make a plea

plea for leniency

enter a plea

plea of innocence

plea deal

plea bargaining

plea for

Example Sentences

put in a plea of guilty.

They made no plea for relief.

passionate pleas for help.

unheard pleas for help.

an impassioned plea for justice.

he made a dramatic plea for disarmament.

her plea of a headache was not entirely false.

In making that plea he will breathe in vain.

a rather passionless plea for clemency.

spoke out in a plea for greater tolerance.

entered a plea of not guilty.

Their pleas unsteel his heart.

He was absent under the plea of illness.

an urgent plea for health-care reform is still a reliable applause line.

a solicitor entered a plea of guilty on her behalf.

she made an impassioned plea for help.

pleas that were intonated with desperation.

he changed his plea to not guilty.

Her plea was that she did not see the signal.

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