Charge and Plea

Charge

Charge noun - A formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person.

Usage example: charges of burglary and armed robbery that have yet to be proved

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Plea and charge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plea" instead a noun "Charge".

Nearby Words: charged, charging, chargeable, charger

Plea noun - An earnest request.

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Charge and plea are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Charge" instead a noun "Plea".

Nearby Word: pleading

old	old charge	old plea
long	long charge	long plea
similar	similar charge	similar plea
direct	direct charge	direct plea
Other adjectives: small, actual, successful, false, futile, famous, personal, new, final, desperate, last, lengthy.

Used again by a young man facing a murder charge as part of an insanity plea that he'd regularly been pressured into sex with his mother.

Source: Parental Incest
Giles Corey was put to death during the Salem witch trials for refusing to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty to the charge of witchcraft.

Source: Thanatos Gambit
A confession is not the same as a guilty plea, though, so if he'd confessed but didn't then plead guilty to a murder charge there would have to be a trial.

Source: Hollywood Law

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