plea bargaining, n.
(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 bargain plea bargaining
sample sentences
"his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor""plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form