v. 25B6; verb
he begged on the streets : ASK FOR MONEY, seek charity, seek alms; informal sponge, cadge, scrounge, bum; Brit. informal scab; N. Amer. informal mooch; Austral./NZ informal bludge.
we begged for mercy : ASK FOR, request, plead for, appeal for, call for, sue for, solicit, seek, press for.
he begged her not to go : IMPLORE, entreat, plead with, appeal to, supplicate, pray to, importune; ask, request, call on, petition; poetic/literary beseech.