noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
defense
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The judge will quiz jurors individually about their views on abortion and the insanity defense beginning Tuesday.
■ VERB
plead
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He attempted to plead insanity , but did it so effectively that they concluded he must be sane.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
plead ignorance/illness/insanity etc
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As to his reference to rugby league, I plead ignorance and will not interfere with private griefs.
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Galileo pleaded ignorance of any such document and promised to produce that signed by Bellarrnine in 1616.
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He attempted to plead insanity, but did it so effectively that they concluded he must be sane.
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In Seville he had often pleaded ignorance over some of the expressions she used.
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The next day, she stayed home from work, something she rarely did, pleading illness.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brennan blames her actions on temporary insanity .
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Hearing voices inside your head is a common symptom of insanity .
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Hodge was found not guilty by reason of insanity .
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It was sheer insanity to try to drive through the mountains in that thunderstorm.