Clues for the word "PLEAD"
We've had 99 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 284 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 25, 2026.
Definition of plead
- - of Plead
- v. t. - To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
- v. t. - To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.
- v. t. - To contend; to struggle.
- v. t. - To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
- v. t. - To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
- v. t. - To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.
Referring Clues
- Beg
- Implore
- Make a case
- Make, as a case
- Argue at the bar
- Beseech
- Allege in defense
- Tell it to the judge
- Make one's case
- Answer a court charge
- Entreat earnestly
- Argue a case
- Request earnestly
- Supplicate
- Appeal
- Petition
- Argue (for)
- Urge
- Ask on one's knees
- Appeal earnestly
- More than ask
- State "not guilty"
- Entreat
- Say "not guilty"
- Say "guilty" or "not guilty," say
- Try to persuade, with "with"
- Answer, in court
- Appeal or request earnestly
- Say "not guilty," say
- Answer a charge
- State "not guilty"
- Say nolo, say
- Speak on bended knee
- "How do you ___?"
- Pray
- Argue in court
- Entreaty
- Beg for mercy
- Seek mercy
- Give one's case
- Give as an excuse
- Seek mercy, say
- Respond to a charge
- Reuqest urgently
- Offer as an excuse
- Profess one's innocence, perhaps
- State ones's case
- Beg and then some
- Say "not guilty," perhaps
- Make an appeal
- Use as an excuse
- Ask in earnest
- Say "no contest," say
- "How do you ___?" (court query)
- Argue, as a court case
- Claim, as insanity
- Request urgently
- State "Not guilty," e.g.
- Present an argument in court
- Make an emotional appeal
- Beg for people to finish in a home
- Call urgently for piano wire
- Ask humbly and gently to have something to write with
- Appeal quietly for a helpful hint
- Walk about half a mile to petition for
- Ask to go in front after a poor start
- Express a need for soft metal
- An apple a day keeps this, I pray
- Implore the midshipman to act as captain!
- State whether one is guilty or not
- Appeal humbly
- Act the advocate
- Say "Guilty" or "Not Guilty"
- Beg President to take precedence
- Appeal humbly (to)
- Quietly put one's first card on the table and address court
- Ask sincerely and quietly for a bit of help
- Inner Temple advocates speak in court
- Make representations for the French to occupy the flat
- Petition for power to govern
- Quietly go ahead and claim
- Series of 20 after moving left up to daughter to offer in excuse
- Ask earnestly for a quiet hint
- Beg for introduction to punk and heavy metal
- Beg to be given a quiet hint
- Ask that only the end of the needle be stuck in a cushion
- Assert, as insanity
- Paled at the possibility of having to beg
- More than request
- "I ___ the Fifth"
- "How do you ___?"
- Beg and beg
- Be a beggar in court?
- Appeal to provide the head of police with a clue
- Appeal to you to get through an apple a day
- Ask earnestly for piano wire
- Answer a formal charge
- Be appealing?
- Beg for a pad to put round a leg that's not good
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 03, 2026
- LA Times - April 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - March 23, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - March 19, 2026
- LA Times - March 12, 2026
- Daily Quick - March 07, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 30, 2026
- LA Times - December 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 18, 2025
- And in 254 more crossword puzzles...