to plead guilty
1plead guilty — (or not guilty) To state that one is guilty (or innocent) of a crime with which one is charged • • • Main Entry: ↑plead …
2plead guilty — index repent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3plead 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 …
4plead guilty — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. confess, repent, concede; see admit 3 …
5plead guilty — admit guilt …
6plead guilty — Confess guilt, acknowledge the charge, own the soft impeachment, cry peccavi, sing miserere, make a clean breast of it, be down on one s marrow bones …
7plead — [pliːd] verb pleaded PTandPP or pled PTandPP [pled] [intransitive, transitive] LAW to state in a court of law whether you are guilty of a crime or not …
8plead — [pli:d] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: plaidier, from plaid; PLEA] 1.) [I and T] to ask for something that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way = ↑beg ▪ Don t go! Robert pleaded. plead for ▪ Civil rights groups pleaded… …
9plead — [ plid ] (past tense and past participle pleaded or pled [ pled ] ) verb ** 1. ) intransitive to ask for something in an urgent or emotional way: plead for: He knelt in front of the king, pleading for mercy. plead with someone (to do something):… …
10plead — The past tense and past participle in standard BrE are both pleaded, but pled and plead (pronounced pled) are used as well as pleaded in America, Scotland, and some dialects in the UK. In legal usage, an accused person can plead guilty or not… …