no contest

noun

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Beverly Fullen reached a plea agreement, pleading no contest to two counts of animal cruelty, both class A misdemeanors. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 Maricela Urias-Martinez, 22, pleaded no contest to killing her 25-year-old ex-boyfriend, Walter Mancia Menjiva, in a Sept. 27, 2023 drive-by shooting in Oakland. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025 Now Rodrigo Bravo, 31, has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the June 2023 death of Eleni Tavua, 30, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said in a Jan. 10 news release. Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025 His son, James Smith, 66, pleaded no contest to two counts of committing lewd acts upon a child and was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison. Hank Sanders, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for no contest 

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of no contest was in 1931

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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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no contest

noun
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