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plead up

plead up verb: to plead guilty, especially to elevated charges in a plea bargain, such as to avoid a trial or to avoid immigration proceedings.

Verb

plead up (third-person singular simple present pleads up, present participle pleading up, simple past and past participle pleaded up or (informal, US) pled up)

  1. To plead guilty, especially to elevated charges in a plea bargain, such as to avoid a trial or to avoid immigration proceedings.
  2. (informal) To offer a plea bargain.

Forms of plead up

third-person singular presentpleads up
present participlepleading up
past participlepleaded up
pastpleaded up
past participle US (informal)pled up
past US (informal)pled up

Questions about plead up

What does plead up mean?
Plead up means to plead guilty, especially to elevated charges in a plea bargain, such as to avoid a trial or to avoid immigration proceedings.
What part of speech is plead up?
Plead up is a verb.
What is the past tense of plead up?
The past tense of plead up is pleaded up.

Words near plead up in the dictionary

  1. plead out
  2. plead over
  3. plead the belly
  4. plead the blood of Jesus
  5. plead the fifth
  6. plead up
  7. pleadable
  8. pleadableness
  9. pleaded
  10. pleaded down
  11. pleaded out

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