( plea bargains, plea bargaining, plea bargained)
1.
In some legal systems, a plea bargain is an agreement that, if an accused person says they are guilty, they will be charged with a less serious crime or will receive a less severe punishment.
A plea bargain was offered by the state assuring her that she would not go to prison.
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If an accused person plea bargains , they accept a plea bargain.
More and more criminals will agree to plea-bargain.
VERB : V
• plea bar‧gain‧ing
...the introduction of a system of plea bargaining.
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