plead
verb (used without object)
to appeal or entreat earnestly.
had pled
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past perfectof plead.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Speaking after the sentencing, Debbie Carroll, of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, said Mowi Scotland had pled guilty to contraventions of health and safety at work law.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
Following in the footsteps of former White House counsel John Dean and other White House aides and campaign officials who already had pled guilty, Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Haldeman eventually were convicted and went to prison.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2022
“Hopefully the authorities will reunite you with your family as soon as possible,” he told Villata, before the defendant, who had pled guilty and was sentenced to time served, was led out of court.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2018
Ten years before that, Rowland had pled guilty to corruption charges arising from his tenure as the governor of Connecticut.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2018
She had pled with him before, and knelt and wept and abased herself before him.
From In Kings' Byways by Weyman, Stanley John
