Answer: pled
AnswerCrossword Clue
PLEDEntreated earnestly
PLEDAsked on bended knee
PLEDSaid "Not guilty," e.g.
PLEDSaid "Not guilty," maybe
PLEDGot down on one's knees
PLEDDeclared "not guilty"
PLEDDeclared, in court
PLEDMade an appeal
PLEDBeseeched
PLEDResponded "Not guilty"
PLEDSaid "not guilty"
PLEDResponded to a charge
PLEDSaid "no contest," e.g.
PLEDTried for a courtroom deal, perhaps
PLEDImplored urgently
PLEDResponded to "Guilty or not guilty?"
PLEDTook the district attorney's deal, e.g.
PLEDResponded to charges
PLEDEntreated
PLEDArgued in court
pledto make a plea of
PLEDDeclared in court
PLEDArgued earnestly
PLEDImplored
PLEDMade a case for
PLEDAddressed the court
PLEDSaid "not guilty," perhaps
PLEDBegged
PLEDAnswered a charge
PLEDSpoke while on bended knee, perhaps
PLEDAnswered a court charge
PLEDAppealed in court
PLEDStated one's case
PLEDResponded in court
PLEDAnswered a charge in court
PLEDAppealed
PLEDAsked in earnest
PLEDMore than asked
PLEDArgued, as a case
PLEDAsked ardently