pled
Americanverb
verb
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At Hamilton Sheriff Court last week, the 38-year-old pled guilty to failing to provide adequate food, rest or training to five workers from Ghana while he was skipper of the Sea Lady vessel in 2017.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Sturgeon told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "I reject completely the notion that people were trying to alert the party to the kind of behaviour that Peter pled guilty to on Monday."
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
“It was not pled that way, it was not presented that way, and it was not tried that way.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Tricolor’s former chief financial officer Jerome Kollar and former finance executive Ameryn Seibold pled guilty on Tuesday “in connection with their participation in the conspiracy,” the indictment said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025
“Just wait another week,” he pled, still shell-shocked.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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