- PLEAD
- Beg
- Respond, as to a charge
- Respond to a charge
- Get down on one's knees
- Beg, as for mercy
- Get on one's knees, maybe
- Make one's case
- Beg and then some
- Beg (for)
- Make the case (for)
- Say "no contest," say
- Entreat
- Supplicate
- Implore
- Tell it to the judge
- Answer a court charge
- Entreat earnestly
- Request earnestly
- Argue a case
- Appeal
- Beseech
- Say "guilty" or "not guilty," say
- Say "not guilty"
- Beg for mercy
- Profess one's innocence, perhaps
- Make an appeal
- What the Temptations weren't too proud to do
- Cajole
- Argue one's case
- More than ask
- Petition
- Try to persuade, with "with"
- Use arguments
- Answer a charge
- Argue in court
- Make a case
- Say "Not guilty," say
- Argue (for)
- Urge
- Appeal earnestly
- Seek mercy
- Give as an excuse
- Say "not guilty," perhaps
- Say "not guilty," maybe
- Ask in earnest
- More than request
- Argue in a courtroom
- Advocate.
- Make earnest appeal.
- Allege in defense.
- Argue at the bar.
- Offer as an excuse.
- State a case.
- Make a court move
- Make a court statement
- Speak in court
- Argue, as a case
- Solicit
- Obtest
- Present a case
- Argue
- Ask on one's knees
- Ask urgently
- Make, as a case
- Answer, in court
- Pray
- Seek mercy, say
- How do you ___? (court query)
- Make an emotional appeal
- Court option
- State "Not guilty!"
- Say "Not guilty," e.g.
- State "Not guilty," e.g.
- Appeal or request earnestly
- Try to persuade (with)
- ___ guilty
- Argue, as a court case
- Claim, as insanity
- Assert, as insanity
- I ___ the Fifth
- Say "nolo," say
- How do you ___? (judge's question)
- Act the advocate
- Beg and beg
- Present one's case
