Plea

Definition: Plea

Plea

Noun

1. Humble request for help.

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "plea" was first used: sometime around 1250. (references)

Etymology: Plea \Plea\, noun. [from Old English expression plee, plai, plait, from the Old French expression plait, plaid, plet, Late Latin expression placitum judgment, decision, assembly, court, from the Latin expression placitum that which is pleasing, an opinion, sentiment, from placere to please. See Please, and compare to Placit, Plead.]. (references)

Law

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Synonym: Plea

Acquittal

Plea bargain, strike a deal.

Impunity; diplomatic immunity; immunity; plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor.

Dissuasion

Verb: pretend, plead, allege; shelter oneself under the plea of; excuse; (vindicate); lend a color to; furnish a handle; Noun: make a pretext of, make a handle of; use as a plea; Noun: take one's stand upon, make capital out of, pretend; (lie).

Pretense; (untruth); put off, dust thrown in the eyes; blind; moonshine; mere pretext, shallow pretext; lame excuse, lame apology; tub to a whale; false plea, sour grapes; makeshift, shift, white lie; special pleading; (sophistry); soft sawder; (flattery).

Noun: pretext, pretense, pretension, plea; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse; (vindication); subterfuge; color; gloss, guise, cover.

Adverb: ostensibly; under color; under the plea, under the pretense of, under the guise of.

Evidence

Plea; vindication; counter protest; "tu quoque" argument; other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield.

Lawsuit

Pleadings; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter, surrejoinder.

Untruth

Pretense, pretext; false plea; subterfuge, evasion, shift, shuffle, make-believe; sham; (deception).

Vindication

Apology, gloss, varnish; plea; salvo; excuse, extenuating circumstances; allowance, allowance to be made; locus paenitentiae.

Crosswords: Plea

He successfully plea bargained 44 cases in 9 months (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

That caterpillar's tryin to cop a plea (Sunshine; performing artist: Aerosmith)

I've only got one plea. (Love in the First Degree; performing artist: Alabama; writing credit: Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois)

Hear my plea (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

I'd like to be able to enter a final plea (Run-Around; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

I plea insanity (Anything But Down; performing artist: Sheryl Crow)

The Silent Plea (1915)

A Child's Plea (1912)

The Forester's Plea (1911)

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Books

• A Plea from the Angels: Messages from Michael, the Archangel (reference)

• Let Us Pray: A Plea for Prayer in Our Schools (reference)

• My Plea for the Old Sword (reference)

• The Journal of John Woolman and a Plea for the Poor (reference)

• The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Dragon Ball Z:Kid Buu - Vegeta's Plea (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Lover's Plea (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Owner of horses making a plea for better prices at auction, Eldorado, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Men who dwell without the forest need not henceforth come before our justiciaries of the forest upon a general summons, unless they are in plea, or sureties of one or more, who are attached for the forest. (reference)

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At the moment of his entrance, the counsel for the prisoner was finishing his plea.

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Children

Guatemala

On February 8, she proceeded with Barrientos's apprehension, but immediately after hearing his plea, approved that he be kept under house arrest and present himself every 15 days. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

The ruling was confirmed by the Military Governor, who rejected Mahran's plea for clemency. (references)

Economic History

Ethiopia

The emperor was forced into exile in England despite his plea to the League of Nations for intervention. (references)

Human Rights

Hungary

Police believe that plea bargaining may be an important weapon in the fight against organized crime. (references)

Hungary

Plea bargaining, which is known as a trial waiver, is a tool available to prosecutors. (references)

Malaysia

Charges of attempted assault were reduced as part of a plea bargain. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "plea": common plea ♦ Counter plea ♦ Declinatory plea ♦ Dilatory plea ♦ Double plea ♦ enter a plea ♦ insanity plea ♦ Issuable plea ♦ make a plea ♦ on the plea of ♦ peremptory plea ♦ plea bargain ♦ plea bargaining ♦ plea for mercy ♦ plea in abatement ♦ plea in bar ♦ plea of guilty ♦ plea of insanity ♦ plea of plene administravit ♦ plea of plene administravit praeter ♦ plea of the crown ♦ put in a plea ♦ special plea in bar ♦ under the plea ♦ under the plea that. Additional references.

Beginning with "plea": plea-bargain, plea-bargaining.

Afrikaans

argument (argument, quarrel). (various references)

Albanian

shfajësim (acquittal, apology, clearing, discharge, exculpation, excuse, justification, vindication), lypje, lutje (appeal, application, claim, cry, demand, desire, devotion, devotions, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, orison, paternoster, petition, pleading, prayer, praying, request, rogation, supplication, wish), kërkim (assertion, exploration, forage, inquiry, investigation, look, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scan, search), justifikim (alibi, allowance, defence, defense, exculpation, excuse, extenuation, justification, warrant), arsye (account, argument, cause, consideration, justice, justification, matter, motivation, motive, nous, occasion, place, reason, sense, spring, why), arësye (account, argument, cause, consideration, justice, justification, matter, motivation, motive, nous, occasion, place, reason, sense, spring, why). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حجة (allegation, argument, case, document, excuse, instrument, pretence, pretension, pretext, proofing, reasoning), ‏عذر (alibi, excuse, justification, pretext), ‏ذريعة (cloak, expedience, expediency, pretence, pretension, pretext, resource, stalking horse, subterfuge), ‏التماس (request, suit), ‏إسترحام (invocation, petition, supplication), ‏إستئناف (appeal, renewal, repetition), ‏إدعاء (allegation, assumption, claim, claiming, codification, pose, pretension, pretentiousness). (various references)

Bulgarian 

апел (appeal, conjuration, cry, proclamation), довод (argument, persuasive, reason), пледоария (pleading), петиция (memorial, petition, representation), признаване на вина, предлог (excuse, handle, preposition, pretence, pretense, pretext), претекст (alibi, color, colour, come off, excuse, peg, pretence, pretense, pretext, put off, salvo, stalking horse, subterfuge), дело (act, action, affair, case, cause, deed, file, handiwork, life work, suit), просба (solicitation, suit), тъжба (gravamen, information, litigation, plaint, suit), жалба (complaint, lament, lamentation, litigation, moan, petition, plaint, supplication), защита (advocacy, answer, apology, bulwark, championship, counsel for the defense, defence, defense, palladium, pleading, protection, rampart, safeguard, security, shield, tower, vindication), защитна реч, молба (adjuration, appeal, application, boon, desire, obsecration, obtestation, petition, prayer, request, solicitation, suit, supplication), оправдание (absolution, acquittal, excuse, justification, vindication, warrant), обяснение на обвиняемия, процес (operation, process, trial). (various references)

Chinese 

请求 (Bagged, request, requested, Requesting, solicit, solicited, Soliciting). (various references)

Czech

prosba (appeal, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, prayer, request, wish), pře (argument, squabble), soud (bar, court, courthouse, judgement, judgment), obhajoba (advocacy, defence, defense, vindication), námitka (demur, objection, protest, question, remonstrance), argument (argument), žádost (appeal, application, demand, prayer, request, requisition, suit, wish). (various references)

Danish

bevis (argument, proof, sign, token). (various references)

Dutch

pleiten (plead). (various references)

Esperanto

pledo, pledi (plead), argumento (argument). (various references)

Faeroese

próvgrund (argument), verjurøða (apology). (various references)

Farsi 

پیشنهاد (Bid, Motion, Offer, Proffer, Proposal, Purpose, Tender), منازعه (Debate, Disputation, Struggle, Tilt), مشاجره (Contention, Contest, Dispute, Pique, Scuffle, Wrangle), مدافعه (Advocacy, Apology), وعده مشروط, تقاضا (Importance, Postulate, Prayer, Request, Requirement, Solicitation, Suit), عذر (Alibi, Excuse, Peg, Pretext, Purporst, Subterfuge), استدعا (Boon, Entreaty), ادعا (Claim, Posit, Postulate, Pretense, Pretension, Purporst), دادخواست (Petition, Suit), بهانه (Alibi, Evasion, Excuse, Fetch, Fiction, Mask, Peg, Pretense, Pretext, Purporst, Subterfuge). (various references)

Finnish

perustelu (argument, line of argument), vastine (counterpart, counterword, equivalent, rejoinder), väite (allegation, argument, assertion, claim, statement). (various references)

French

plaider (plead), argument. (various references)

Frisian

argumint (argument). (various references)

German

Einspruch (appeal, objection, protest, veto). (various references)

Greek 

έκκληση (appeal). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפלל (entreaty, supplication), תחנון (appeal, entreaty, mercy, supplication), פלול (prayer, supplication), פגינה (outcry, supplication), עתירה (entreaty, petition, prayer, request, supplication), הפגעה (entreaty, supplication), העתרה (entreaty, imploring, prolixity, supplication, verbosity), טענה (argument, assertion, claim, pleading, proposition). (various references)

Hungarian

védekezés (defense, guard, pleading, protection), ellenvetés (objection, protestation). (various references)

Indonesian

permohonan (consuration, entreaty, request), pembelaan (advocacy, defence, pleading, protection). (various references)

Italian

pretesto (cloak, color, colour, evasion, excuse, handle, occasion, opportunity, peg, pretence, pretense, pretext), preghiera, domanda,difesa, petizione (enter, entry, input, petition, round robin, suit), scusa (alibi, apology, excuse, excuse me, pardon, pretence, pretense, sorry, subterfuge), richiesta (application, claim, demand, desire, enquiry, inquiry, need, request, requirement, run, submission), legittima difesa (self defence), causa (account, action, case, cause, law, lawsuit, litigation, principle, reason, sake, score, suit), argomento (arg, argument, case, copy, matter, object, point, question, reason, subject, text, theme, topic), appello (appeal, appeal to, call, rollcall, vocation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

託言 (excuse, pretext), 弁疏 (defense, excuse). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たくげん (excuse, pretext), べんそ (defense, excuse). (various references)

Korean 

탄원. (various references)

Manx

leshtal (apology, excuse, mitigation, pretence, pretext), aghin (appeal, entreaty, invocation, petition, request). (various references)

Papiamen

argumento (argument). (various references)

Pig Latin

eaplay.(various references)

Portuguese

pleito (action, lawsuit, litigation), pleitear (demand, litigate, plead), solicitar (appeal, apply, beg, court, file, invite, petition, plead, pray, request, seek, solicit, woo), rogo (entreaty, obtestation, prayer, solicitation, suit), desculpa (apology, evasion, exculpation, excuse, justification, out, pretext, satisfaction), contestação (answer, contestation, countercharge), argumento (fable, fairytale, subject-matter, topic), argumentação (argumentation, contention, discussion), apelo (appeal, bid, obsecration, petition), alegado (alleged), alegação (adduction, allegation), advogar (advocate, plead, practice law). (various references)

Romanian

scuzã (apology, excuse, pardon, pretence, pretext). (various references)

Russian 

оправдание (absolution, acquittal, alibi, defences, defenses, exculpation, excuse, exoneration, explanation, justification, reason), мольба (adjuration, entreaty, obsecration, obtestation, prayer, supplication), заявление подсудимого, заявление (allegation, application, application blank, declaration, deliverance, outgiving, presentment, profession, pronouncement, protestation, statement), жалоба (beef, claim, complaint, complaints, gravamen, grievance, lament, moan, peeve, plaint), аргумент (arg, argument), просьба (appeal, application, desire, entreaty, obsecration, petition, pray, request, supplication), довод (argument, cause). (various references)

Scottish

agartas (claim, law suit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pledoaje, molba (appeal, application, petition, prayer, request), izjava okrivljenog, izgovor (elusion, excuse, loophole, loop-hole, pretence, pretense, pretension, pretext, pronunciation). (various references)

Spanish

súplica (address, appeal, entreaty, prayer, supplication). (various references)

Swedish

process (action, case, lawsuit, litigation, operation, process, trial), påstående (allegation, assertion, avowal, claim, contention, contestation, predication, proposition, say so, statement), yrkande (demand, insistence, pleading), krav (claim, demand, exaction, exigency, insistence, requirement, requirements), försvar (advocacy, championship, charge, custody, defence, defending, defense, justification, vindication), enträgen bön (entreaty, solicitation). (various references)

Turkish

yalvarma (adjuration, appeal, begging, conjuration, cry, entreaty, invocation, pleading, prayer, praying, supplication), talep (application, charge, claim, demand, petition, request, requisition, run, sale, solicitation), savunma (advocacy, apologia, apology, argument, defence, defending, defense, defensive, hearing, justification, pleadings, rampart, self defence, self-defense, speech, vindication), rica (adjuration, appeal, entreaty, I request, instance, intercession, petition, pleading, prayer, request, solicitation, suit, supplication), mazeret (alibi, allegation, apology, excuse, justification, peg, putoff), dava (action, case, cause, claim, instance, law, lawsuit, litigation, pleading, process, prosecution, suit, trial), bahane (allegation, blind, cavil, cloak, cop out, cover, evasion, excuse, guise, peg, pretence, pretext, putoff, rise, salvo, shift, stalking horse, subterfuge, veil). (various references)

Ukrainian

судовий процес (action, lawsuit, litigation), офіційна заява підсудного суду, заперечення (answer, but, demur, denegation, denial, deprecation, disavowal, disclaimer, exception, impugnment, nay-say, negative, no, objection, opposition, protest, rejoinder, repudiation, retort). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự tố tụng, sự cãi. (various references)

Welsh

ple, dadl (argument, controversy, debate, doubt). (various references)

causa, causae, causam, causas, causis, deprecatio, deprecationem, deprecationis, deprecationum. (various references)

placitum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "plea": pleach, pleached, pleaches, pleaching, plead, pleadable, pleaded, pleader, pleaders, pleading, pleadingly, pleadings, pleads, pleas, pleasance, pleasances, pleasant, pleasanter, pleasantest, pleasantly, pleasantness, pleasantnesses, pleasantries, pleasantry, please, pleased, pleaser, pleasers, pleases, pleasing, pleasingly, pleasingness, pleasingnesses, pleasurabilities, pleasurability, pleasurable, pleasurableness, pleasurablenesses, pleasurably, pleasure, pleasured, pleasureless, pleasures, pleasuring, pleat, pleated, pleater, pleaters, pleating, pleatless, pleats. (additional references)

Words ending with "plea": counterplea. (additional references)

Words containing "plea": antipleasure, antipleasures, compleat, counterpleas, displease, displeased, displeases, displeasing, displeasure, displeasures, implead, impleaded, impleading, impleads, interplead, interpleaded, interpleader, interpleaders, interpleading, interpleads, misplead, mispleaded, mispleading, mispleads, replead, repleaded, repleader, repleaders, repleading, repleads, timepleaser, timepleasers, unpleasant, unpleasantly, unpleasantness, unpleasantnesses, unpleased, unpleasing, upleap, upleaped, upleaping, upleaps, upleapt. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Plea" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elea, lpsa, Palea, pela, pelar, Pelaw, Pelay, peli, pelv, pelz, pfla, phea, Phewa, phle, pieia, pieya, Pila, pilae, Pilsea, pla, plaka, plaq, plau, plava, ple, pleaa, pleab, pleah, pleai, Plean, pleau, pleb, pleba, Plee, pleen, pleg, plega, plei, pleia, pleka, plem, plen, plena, pleo, plep, pler, ples, plet, pleu, plev, pleva, plew, plex, Plez, plia, plie, pliea, Pliz, plra, plue, plye, Pmle, poea, polea, poleac, pwei, ulea. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: leap, pale, peal.

-1 letter: ale, alp, ape, lap, lea, pal, pea.

-2 letters: ae, al, el, la, pa, pe.

+1 letter: aleph, ample, appel, apple, lapel, lapse, leaps, leapt, lepta, maple, padle, palea, paled, paler, pales, palet, panel, parle, peals, pearl, pedal, penal, pepla, petal, pilea, place, plage, plane, plate, plead, pleas, pleat, plena, salep, sepal, spale, tepal.

+2 letters: alephs, aliped, alpine, ampler, ampule, aplite, apneal, appeal, appels, apples, asleep, aslope, beleap, caplet, carpel, chapel, culpae, dapple, dewlap, earlap, elapid, elapse, empale, epical, espial, impale, lamped, lapels, lapped, lapper, lappet, lapsed, lapser, lapses, leaped, leaper, lipase, maples, paddle, padles, paella, palace, palate, paleae, paleal, palely, palest, palets, palier, palled, pallet, palmed, palmer, palter, panels, papule, parcel, parled, parles, parley, parole, parrel, passel, pastel, pealed, pearls, pearly, pedalo, pedals, pedlar, pelage, pelota, penial, petals, phylae, pineal, placed, placer, places, placet, plages, plague, plaice, planed, planer, planes, planet, plaque, plated, platen, plater, plates, played, player, pleach, pleads, please, pleats, pleiad, pleura, plexal, plicae, poleax, prelaw, rappel, repeal, replan, replay, saleps, salpae, sample, sepals, septal, spales, splake, staple, tepals, upleap.