(STATEMENT) [noun] [C] legal - the answer that a person gives in court to the accusation that they have committed a crimeMr Wilson entered a plea of not guilty.Plea bargaining is the making of an agreement in which a person accused of a crime admits that they are guilty of a less serious crime, so that they will not be charged with a more serious one.
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Meaning of PLEA in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012