English Explanatory Dictionary

lesser included offense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.

Word forms

lesser included offense lesser included offenses lesser included offence
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