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pleading

[plee-ding] / ˈpli dɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
imploring
Synonyms


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Xiong was sentenced to 58 weeks in prison at Inner London Crown Court in June after pleading guilty to fraud by representation.

From BBC

So Nassar made her case like a young lawyer, pleading for her future.

From BBC

Moments earlier she had called him pleading for help.

From BBC

But the city said in court pleadings that “Fox was estranged from his brother and did not suffer emotional damages from learning of the incident on July 31, 2018.“

From Seattle Times

Voters in New Orleans were more forgiving of the City Council member Oliver Thomas, who was imprisoned after pleading guilty in 2007 to taking bribes, but was returned to the Council in 2021.

From New York Times