The man who was arrested for murder asked to plead the fifth.
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Plead
//pliːd//
Synonyms for "plead" (125 found)
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Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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5 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἰκετεύω verb (to beg)
Armenian
3 entries- հայտարարություն անել verb (to present an argument)
- միջնորդել verb (to present an argument)
- պաշտպանել verb (to present an argument)
Bulgarian
3 entries- моля verb (to beg)
- пледирам verb (to present an argument)
- умолявам verb (to beg)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏂᎳᏗᎠ verb (to beg)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 央求 verb (to beg)
- 辩护 verb (to present an argument)
Czech
4 entries- naléhat verb (to beg)
- plédovat verb (to beg)
- prohlásit verb (to present an argument)
- prosit verb (to beg)
Dutch
2 entries- bepleiten verb (to present an argument)
- pleiten verb (to present an argument)
Esperanto
1 entries- pledi verb (to present an argument)
Finnish
4 entries- anella verb (to beg)
- anoa verb (to beg)
- esittää verb (to present an argument)
- kiistää syyllisyytensä verb (to present an argument)
French
1 entries- plaider verb (to present an argument)
German
4 entries- (dringend) bitten verb (to beg)
- anflehen verb (to beg)
- bekennen verb (to present an argument)
- beschwören verb (to beg)
Irish
2 entries- pléadáil verb (to present an argument)
- tagair verb (to beg)
Japanese
1 entries- 嘆願する verb (to present an argument)
Māori
2 entries- unene verb (to beg)
- whakakuene verb (to beg)
Old English
1 entries- ǣrendian verb (to present an argument)
Old Irish
1 entries- du·acair verb (to present an argument)
Old Saxon
1 entries- ābiddian verb (to beg)
Polish
1 entries- błagać verb (to beg)
Portuguese
4 entries- alegar verb (to offer by way of excuse)
- implorar verb (to beg)
- pleitear verb (to present an argument)
- suplicar verb (to beg)
Romanian
2 entries- implora verb (to beg)
- pleda verb (to present an argument)
Russian
3 entries- выступа́ть с заявле́нием verb (to present an argument)
- защища́ть verb (to present an argument)
- представля́ть интере́сы verb (to present an argument)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tagair verb (to present an argument)
Slovene
2 entries- pledirati verb (to present an argument)
- zagovarjati se verb (to present an argument)
Spanish
4 entries- declararse verb (to present an argument)
- pleitear verb (to present an argument)
- rogar verb (to beg)
- suplicar verb (to beg)
Tagalog
1 entries- makiusap verb (to beg)
Turkish
3 entries- açıklamak verb (to present an argument)
- ileri sürmek verb (to present an argument)
- yalvarmak verb (to beg)
Vietnamese
4 entries- biện hộ verb (to present an argument)
- bào chữa verb (to present an argument)
- cãi verb (to present an argument)
- cầu xin verb (to beg)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I plead guilty.
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I plead you to tell me the truth.
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I plead not guilty.
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