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English noun: plea bargain | |||
| 1. | plea bargain (communication) (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 | ||
| Samples | His admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor. Plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested. | ||
| Synonyms | plea bargaining | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bargaining | ||
| Domain category | criminal law, jurisprudence, law | ||
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