noun
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ADJECTIVE
▪ desperate , strong , urgent
▪ emotional , heartfelt , impassioned , passionate
▪
She made an emotional ~ for her daughter's killer to be caught.
▪ repeated
▪ final
▪
a final ~ for his life
▪ personal
VERB + PLEA
▪ make
▪ issue
▪ ignore
PREPOSITION
▪ despite a/the ~
▪
Despite ~s from his mother, the gunman refused to give himself up.
▪ ~ by , ~ from
▪
Hospital visiting hours were extended in response to ~s from patients.
▪ ~ for
▪
The director of the charity made an impassioned ~ for help.
2 statement in court
ADJECTIVE
▪ guilty
▪ not guilty
▪ insanity ( AmE )
VERB + PLEA
▪ enter
▪ hear
▪ change
▪ accept
▪
The prosecution accepted a ~ of manslaughter.
▪ support ( esp. BrE )
▪
These facts cannot support a ~ of diminished responsibility.
▪ reject
PLEA + NOUN
▪ bargain , bargaining (usually plea-bargaining )
▪
They received suspended prison sentences after plea-bargaining by their lawyers.
▪ agreement ( AmE )
▪
The terms of the ~ agreements weren't disclosed.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
A senior judge heard a ~ for damages on behalf of the accident victims.
▪ ~ of
▪
Her lawyer entered a ~ of guilty on her behalf.
PHRASES
▪ cop a ~ (= admit in court to being guilty of a small crime in the hope of receiving less severe punishment for a more serious crime) ( AmE , informal )
▪
The feds said that if I didn't cop a ~, I'd get about 15 years.