contendere

Nolo contendere is Latin for “I do not wish to contend.

nolo contendere 2002

Ray, have you ever heard of a nolo, nolo contendere -- in other words, I ` m not fighting it -- in a felony rape on a child?

CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005 2005

What he did was he pleaded nolo contendere which is the equivalent of guilty in an effort to stay out of court, to make the process go away.

CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2005 2005

He talked to her of navigation, excavation, irrigation, nolo contendere.

Precipice of Questions Bill Yarrow 2010

The matter, we're happy to report, seems now to be resolved in what appears to be the aeronautic equivalent of a nolo contendere plea.

Mubarak, the shah and the 30-year itch Al Kamen 2011

We got a brief intermission from the long-running "Watergate — The Movie" in October 1973 when Vice President Spiro Agnew pleaded nolo contendere — greatly enlarging the Latin vocabulary of most Americans — to tax evasion and accepting $29,000 in bribes, as governor of Maryland.

What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010

And the public saw our silence as a plea of nolo contendere.

COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010

And the public saw our silence as a plea of nolo contendere.

COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010

We got a brief intermission from the long-running "Watergate — The Movie" in October 1973 when Vice President Spiro Agnew pleaded nolo contendere — greatly enlarging the Latin vocabulary of most Americans — to tax evasion and accepting $29,000 in bribes, as governor of Maryland.

What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010

We got a brief intermission from the long-running "Watergate — The Movie" in October 1973 when Vice President Spiro Agnew pleaded nolo contendere — greatly enlarging the Latin vocabulary of most Americans — to tax evasion and accepting $29,000 in bribes, as governor of Maryland.

What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010