plea bargain (n)
plea bargaining (n)

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type n
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def (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
examples his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor
plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested
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Hypernym bargaining
Domain of synset - TOPIC criminal law; law, jurisprudence
Derivationally related form plea bargaining → plea-bargain
Derivationally related form plea bargain → plea-bargain
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Member of this domain - TOPIC criminal law; law, jurisprudence
Hyponym bargaining
Derivationally related form plea-bargain → plea bargain
Derivationally related form plea-bargain → plea bargaining

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