noun
(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
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his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor
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plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested
• Syn: ↑plea bargaining
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plea-bargain (for: ↑plea bargaining), ↑plea-bargain
• Topics: ↑criminal law, ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑bargaining
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nounsee plea bargaining
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plea bargain noun
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Main Entry: ↑plea
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Thesaurus: court cases and legal processeshyponym
Main entry: plea bargaining
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plea bargain noun, pl ⋯ -gains [count]
She could confess and be granted a plea bargain.
He refused to accept a plea bargain.
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Main Entry: ↑plea bargaining
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He reached a plea bargain with the authorities.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.