plea bargaining

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noun

(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
• Syn:
plea bargain
• Derivationally related forms:
plea-bargain, plea-bargain (for: plea bargain)
• Topics:
criminal law, law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
bargaining