Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 13 compound words that contain plead. The most common are listed below. Open plead in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- Plead Guilty
- plead the bellyTo attempt to use one's claimed pregnancy to avoid execution.
- plead the fifthAlternative letter-case form of plead the Fifth (both senses)
- plead the blood of JesusTo avow one's faith that Jesus Christ will save one from calamity.
- plead downTo plead guilty in a plea bargain, usually in exchange for lighter charges.
- plead outTo plead guilty in a plea bargain, usually in exchange for a lighter sentence.
- plead overTo abandon the right to pursue a legal issue by not spotting it in time or not raising an objection in court.
- plead upTo plead guilty, especially to elevated charges in a plea bargain, such as to avoid a trial or to avoid immigration proceedings.
Compound words 13
- pleadera person who pleads in court; an advocate
- interpleadTo plead against each other, or go to trial between themselves
- outpleadTo surpass in pleading; to plead more successfully than.
- counterpleadTo plead the contrary of; to plead against ordeny.
- mispleadTo plead amiss wrongly; to make an error in pleading.
- pleadableThat may be pleaded
- repleadTo present a rewritten argument.
- empleadSynonym of implead: to sue in court, raise an action against a defendant
- pleadestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of plead
- pleadingsplural of pleading: The act of making a plea.