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Plea Bargain

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in 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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plea bargaining
plural
Plea Bargains
possessive
Plea Bargain's
pluralpossessive
Plea Bargains'

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in 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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