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PLEA BARGAIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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 chargeplay

Example:

plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested

Synonyms:

plea bargain; plea bargaining

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("plea bargain" is a kind of...):

bargaining (the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement)

Domain category:

criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

plea-bargain (agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge)

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