plea bargain English

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plea bargain

— noun (= plea bargaining) (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 his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested

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