Collocations for plead - verb
1. ask sb for sth in a very serious way
ADV.
almost
She was almost pleading with him.
She was almost pleading with him.
silently | successfully
She successfully pleaded their cause with the mayor.
She successfully pleaded their cause with the mayor.
PREP.
for
They pleaded for mercy.
They pleaded for mercy.
with
His eyes silently pleaded with her.
His eyes silently pleaded with her.
2. say that you are guilty/not guilty
PHRASES
plead guilty/not guilty
He pleaded not guilty to the murder.
He pleaded not guilty to the murder.