COP A PLEA


Meaning of COP A PLEA in English

v. phr. , slang , colloquial To plead guilty during a trial in the hope of getting a lighter sentence as a result. The murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., copped a plea of guilty, and got away with a life sentence instead of the death penalty.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.