Synonym: appeal, asking, defense, excuse, petition, request. Similar words: plead, apple, people, sample, temple, couple, purple, complex. Meaning: [plɪː] n. 1. a humble request for help from someone in authority 2. (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) 3. an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed.
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91. Right: Lord Hunt delivers his potent plea to conserve the mountain environment.
92. She accepted a plea bargain and received a general discharge under honorable conditions.
93. The parents of an art student who disappeared in the middle of his exams have made an emotional plea for him to come home.
94. And you stand condemned to centuries of ignominy, your well-polished plea unheard.
95. He entered no plea, but had previously denied any involvement in the killings.
96. I was on the verge of making one last plea when I was propelled backward through the open door.
97. Gridley, 84, has been charged with bribery and attempted bribery, but has not been arraigned or entered a plea.
98. Atkinson also rebuffed a plea from Wilson to speed things up.
99. Yesterday, the Crown accepted a guilty plea to the reduced charge of culpable homicide.
100. There was no mitigating feature in the shape of a plea of guilty.
101. He is not required to enter a plea at this point.
102. We will be making a very strong plea to them.
103. Bokin, wearing a jailhouse orange shirt and slacks, did not enter a plea during his Tuesday morning arraignment.
104. With their case in trouble, prosecutors agreed to a plea bargain.
105. Thought I was copping a plea on ... diminished responsibility.
106. A note blaming social services chiefs for ignoring their plea for help was on the dashboard.
107. Six had reached plea bargain arrangements with the authorities and the remaining seven were due to be tried later in the year.
108. Not even a plea from his six-year-old granddaughter to let Big Daddy go could free him.
109. She made a plea to councillors representing the area to stick by their voters and ensure buses continue to serve the estate.
110. The hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire made a plea for a comprehensive disability scheme.
111. The system in Britain is not as dominated by plea bargaining, but it is certainly present.
112. James Nicholas, 27, of Parkville Drive, Blantyre, made no plea and was remanded in custody.
113. The jury would have no role in most homicide cases, since a plea of guilty would be the norm.
113. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
114. Her plea for companionship appeared in the Manchester Weekly Journal in 1727.
115. This is not a plea for New Age pantheism by the back door.
116. But the jury at Northampton Crown Court didn't accept his not guilty plea.
117. This pioneering plea for religious freedom called diversity not a curse but a glory.
118. Every protestation that she should go on this outing was clearly a plea for her to stay and resist the invitation.
119. He denied a charge of murder and this plea was accepted by the Crown.
120. A homeless mother of six made a tearful plea for a home for her family.