pled
Answered the charge
Pled is a past tense and past participle of plead, used interchangeably with pleaded.
Both forms are standard, though pleaded is more common in formal legal writing while pled appears frequently in journalism and everyday speech.
He pled guilty to the charges.
She had pled her case before the committee.
The choice between pled and pleaded is largely a matter of regional preference and personal style.
Disputed verbally
- contendedCompeted against others
- maintainedKept in condition
- assertedStated as fact
- claimedStated as fact
reasoned · advocated · justified · defended · case · cause · position · behalf
Responsible for wrongdoing
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- defendantParty facing charges
- chargesAmounts owed or alleged
court · bargain · sentence · felony · misdemeanor · hearing · indictment · prosecution
argued
Disputed verbally
- contendedCompeted against others
- maintainedKept in condition
- assertedStated as fact
claimed · reasoned · advocated · justified · defended · case · cause · position · behalf · favor
guilty
Responsible for wrongdoing
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- defendantParty facing charges
charges · court · bargain · sentence · felony · misdemeanor · hearing · indictment · prosecution · defense
begged
Asked with great urgency
petitioned · supplicated · urged · entreated · requested · asked · prayed · invoked · solicited · interceded
- grammar debatesirregardless, ain't, split infinitive, singular they, could of
- past participlesbeen, done, gone, seen, taken
- guilty pleaAdmitting criminal responsibility
- pleads the fifthClaims constitutional silence right
- plea dealNegotiated criminal case resolution
- plea bargainNegotiated criminal case resolution
- cop a pleaAccept reduced charges
- pleading the FifthRefusing to testify constitutionally