- present participle of plead.
pleading
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In 2024, David McBride was sentenced to five years and eight months after pleading guilty to stealing top secret defence documents and giving it to the media.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
LA Jazz Festival was a major project for Ludlow, a former Los Angeles City Council member turned music promoter and community activist after pleading guilty to misappropriating funds in 2006.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The leader of Spain's north African territory of Ceuta on Wednesday said the number of children left there after last week's irregular migrant rush was "unsustainable", pleading for government aid.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
But his attempts to distinguish them read as special pleading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Eudora now turned to May, her face a mask of confidence, her eyes pleading with her granddaughter.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
The judge reviewed all the pleadings, spoke to the victim’s family, and agreed that the negotiation was “a proper remedy” under the circumstances.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
“Unless they were verified pleadings, or like a declaration, they are not something that can be used against Trump,” Rahmani said.
From Salon ● May 6, 2024
Of particular concern was that Osmer conducted most of the physical sobriety tests and questioning in a majority of the suspicious stops outside the view of his car’s dash camera, according to the lawsuit pleadings.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
It took 142 hearing days spread over almost six years, 800 pages of pleadings and more than 3,000 pages of documents from the lawyers to arrive at today's verdicts.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
Despite her mother’s pleadings and warnings, she went to see her father.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
