Plea Bargaining

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(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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synonym: plea bargain
plural: Plea Bargainings
possessive: Plea Bargaining's
pluralpossessive: Plea Bargainings'

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§1: (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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