English Explanatory Dictionary

plea-bargain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of plea bargain (“an agreement between a defendant and the prosecution in which the defendant agrees to a plea such as guilty or nolo contendere to a lesser charge rather than contesting a greater charge”).
verb
  1. To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one.

Word forms

plea-bargain plea-bargains plea bargain pleabargain plea-bargaining plea-bargained
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