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My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.
Randy Newman

Meaning of "plead guilty" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES PLEAD GUILTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plea

In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a criminal case under common law using the adversarial system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion by a defendant at arraignment, or otherwise in response to a criminal charge, whether that person pleaded guilty, not guilty, no contest or Alford plea. The concept of the plea is one of the major differences between criminal procedure under common law and procedure under the civil law system. Under common law, a plea of guilty by the defendant waives trial of the charged offences and the defendant may be sentenced immediately. This produces a system known under American law as plea bargaining. In civil law jurisdictions, there is generally no concept of a plea of guilty. A confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence, and a full confession does not prevent a full trial from occurring or relieve the plaintiff from its duty of presenting a case to the trial court. A "blind plea" is a guilty plea entered with no plea agreement in place.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLEAD GUILTY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PLEAD GUILTY

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Synonyms and antonyms of plead guilty in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «plead guilty» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of plead guilty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plead guilty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plead guilty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

认罪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

declararse culpable
570 millions of speakers

English

plead guilty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दोषी वकालत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يقر بأنه مذنب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

признает себя виновным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

declarar culpado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দোষী স্বীকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plaider coupable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mengaku bersalah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schuldig bekennen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

有罪を認める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유죄를 인정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plead guilty
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nhận tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குற்றத்தை ஒப்புக்கொள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोषी ठोठावले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suçunu itiraf etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dichiararsi colpevole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przyznać się do winy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

визнає себе винним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pleda vinovat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δηλώσει ένοχος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pleit skuldig
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

erkänna sig skyldig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

erkjenne skyld
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plead guilty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLEAD GUILTY»

The term «plead guilty» is regularly used and occupies the 57.744 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plead guilty

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7 QUOTES WITH «PLEAD GUILTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plead guilty.
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Iain Banks
'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.
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Ron Fournier
If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.
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Bruno Mars
I definitely don't plead guilty to being a heartthrob.
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Ben Mendelsohn
I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a slightly older school of thought: 'give 'em nothin.' You don't plead guilty.
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Randy Newman
My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.
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William Pepper
Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing.
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Frank Reynolds
I think your program has to reflect what your basic feelings are. I'll plead guilty to that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEAD GUILTY»

Discover the use of plead guilty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plead guilty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free
This book concerns the effective brutality and injustice of the plea bargain system in an age when many effective safeguards of criminal defense have already been disabled or circumvented.
Michael Leon Cook, 2005
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Physical Abusers and Sexual Offenders: Forensic and Clinical ...
However, how many people would plead guilty to a felony that would forever change their lives if they were innocent of the crime? Probably not too many. People tend to engage in behavior that results in positive, desirable rewards. On the ...
Scott Allen Johnson, 2006
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Critical Thinking, fifth edition: An Introduction to the ...
He therefore approaches Al and Bob together and offers them a deal: if one of them agrees to plead guilty and testify against the other, he will be given a suspended sentence and the other one will be given a sentence of six years; but if both ...
Jonathan Lavery, Willam Hughes, 2008
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Garner's Modern American Usage
See irregular verbs (d). Language-Change Index 1. ✳pled as a past tense for pleaded: Stage 3 2. ✳plead as a past tense for pleaded: Stage 3 plead guilty to is the correct phrasing, not ✳plead guilty of—e.g.: • “Mr. Krikava's wife, Carol, and son ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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CONVICTING THE INNOCENT
Just as the cases of exonerees show that innocent people can falsely confess, they also show us that innocent people can plead guilty. Although people who plead guilty swear in court that they understand that they are admitting their guilt and ...
Brandon Garrett, 2011
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Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals
The events of October 7th, when petitioner waived counsel and pleaded guilty On October 7, petitioner decided to plead guilty (R. 63) . She testified that Collard " came in just to see how I felt about it, and whether I had seen a lawyer, because I  ...
Frederick Bernays Wiener, 2009
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Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American ...
Innocent defendants plead guilty for a number of reasons. They may think that they will lose at trial and that their punishment will be heavier than the one offered in a plea. The federal sentencing guidelines expressly encourage this sort of ...
Alexandra Natapoff, 2009
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Minding Justice: Laws that Deprive People with Mental ...
Moran Prior to Godinez, which was decided in 1993, most courts held that a person who is competent to stand trial is also competent to plead guilty. A few courts, however, required a greater capacity in the latter setting, as well as when the ...
Christopher Slobogin, 2006
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Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age
During the interrogation each prisoner is told that the other prisoner has agreed to plead guilty on all charges. Authorities inform the prisoner that agreeing to plead guilty on the charges as the other prisoner has done will bring him or her a  ...
Joseph Migga Kizza, 2010
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Critical Reasoning in Ethics: A Practical Introduction
So, in such cases, sentences should be lighter for those who plead guilty than for those who plead not guilty. The conclusion of this argument is clearly that in rape cases, sentences should be lighter for those who plead guilty than for those ...
Anne Thomson, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEAD GUILTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plead guilty is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wife to plead guilty to role in 2013 Exeter murder
BRENTWOOD — The woman accused of plotting and assisting in the cover-up of the murder of her husband's ex-wife has reached a plea ... «Seacoastonline.com, Jul 15»
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One 'She's a Pistol' suspect plans to plead guilty, witnesses testify in …
SHAWNEE, Kan. —At least one 'She's a Pistol' suspect has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and says he plans to plead guilty to avoid ... «KMBC Kansas City, Jul 15»
3
London couple plead guilty to locking puppy in bathroom while on …
A London, Ont. couple has pleaded guilty to four counts of animal cruelty after they left their puppy locked in a bathroom during a two-week ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
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Zephany accused could plead guilty
Cape Town - The woman accused of snatching newborn baby Zephany Nurse from her crib 18 years ago has not ruled out the possibility of ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Man acquitted of homicide in Penn Hills slaying; 2 others plead guilty
PITTSBURGH —A western Pennsylvania man has been acquitted of homicide and other charges in a shooting death a year ago that ... «WTAE Pittsburgh, Jul 15»
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Alleged killer to plead guilty
BELTON — A Killeen man charged with a host of violent and sexual crimes is expected to plead guilty in a Bell County court this week. «Temple Daily Telegram, Jul 15»
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Third suspect in Exeter murder to plead guilty
BRENTWOOD – The last of three people charged in the murder of Amanda “Amy” Warf has struck a plea agreement to resolve her first-degree ... «The Union Leader, Jul 15»
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Senate's ex-spokeswoman will plead guilty to assault, DUI
The Alaska Senate's former chief spokeswoman is expected to serve at least two months in jail after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors. «Alaska Public Radio Network, Jul 15»
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2 South Georgia Men Plead Guilty to Dog Fighting, Firearms Charges
2 South Georgia Men Plead Guilty to Dog Fighting, Firearms Charges. By: WCTV Eyewitness News Email. Posted: Fri 10:55 AM, Jul 24, 2015. By: WCTV ... «WCTV, Jul 15»
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Former Tucumcari officer, another man plead guilty to Sept. 2014 …
A former Tucumcari police officer and another man pleaded guilty to six charges related to two separate arsons committed in September 2014. «KOB.com, Jul 15»

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