Answer:

PLEAD

Answer	Crossword Clue
PLEAD	Beg
PLEAD	Respond, as to a charge
PLEAD	Get down on one's knees

PLEAD	Make one's case
PLEAD	Entreat
PLEAD	Supplicate
PLEAD	Implore
PLEAD	Argue a case
PLEAD	Beseech
PLEAD	More than ask
PLEAD	Petition

PLEAD	Try to persuade, with "with"
PLEAD	Profess one's innocence, perhaps
PLEAD	Respond to a charge
PLEAD	Tell it to the judge
PLEAD	Answer a court charge
PLEAD	Entreat earnestly
PLEAD	Request earnestly
PLEAD	Appeal

PLEAD	Say "guilty" or "not guilty," say
PLEAD	Say "not guilty"
PLEAD	Beg for mercy
PLEAD	Make an appeal
PLEAD	Cajole
PLEAD	Argue one's case
PLEAD	Use as an excuse
PLEAD	Say "Not guilty"

PLEAD	Use arguments
PLEAD	Answer a charge
PLEAD	Argue in court
PLEAD	Make a case
PLEAD	Say "Not guilty," say
PLEAD	Argue (for)
PLEAD	Urge
PLEAD	Say "not guilty," say

PLEAD	Appeal earnestly
PLEAD	Seek mercy
PLEAD	Give as an excuse
PLEAD	Say "not guilty," perhaps
PLEAD	Say "not guilty," maybe