plea
noun
an appeal or entreaty.
pleas
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pluralof plea.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Through May, prosecutors had charged fewer than four dozen people with crimes related to noncitizen voting, ProPublica’s analysis of DOJ data and federal court filings shows, getting convictions or guilty pleas in 14 cases.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Administration officials have so far rebuffed Ford’s pleas on the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Bush's guilty pleas brought the case closer to a conclusion, but many wondered whether the sentencing hearing would provide answers.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Over the course of months, investigators made a couple of detentions and conducted a few searches as the Guthrie family made a series of emotional pleas to the kidnappers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
But none were unmoved; none rejected its pleas and its commands without an effort of mind and will, so long as its master had control of it.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
