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Definition 1:
A serious and emotional request for something often + for .
Examples:
We are making a plea to all companies to stop polluting the environment.
No one heard his pleas for help.
The prisoner’s passionate/desperate/fervent plea for mercy
Definition 2:
A statement in which a person who has been accused of a crime says in court that he or she is guilty or not guilty of the crime .
Examples:
The defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
A guilty plea
Definition 3:
A statement in which a person says that he or she is guilty of a particular crime :a plea of guilty .
Examples:
She and her lawyers accepted a lesser plea [=they said that she was guilty of a less serious crime] of manslaughter.
Definition 4:
A reason or excuse for committing a crime .
Examples:
He murdered his wife and got off on an insanity plea. [=the court said that he was not guilty because he was insane]
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