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    PLEA BARGAIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (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 chargeplay

    Example:

    plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested

    Synonyms:

    plea bargain; plea bargaining

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("plea bargain" is a kind of...):

    bargaining (the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement)

    Domain category:

    criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)

    jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

    Derivation:

    plea-bargain (agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge)

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