Related Clues:

• Like some rugs
• Argued
• Made a case (for)
• Said 'no contest,' e.g.
• Requested earnestly
• Heaped (up)
• Responded to a charge
• Argued for
• Heaped
• Offered an excuse
• Entreated
• Was appealing
• Addressed the court
• Answered a charge
• In a stack