Definition of Plea bargaining

1. 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. "Plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested"

Exact synonyms: Plea Bargain
Category relationships: Criminal Law, Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Bargaining
Derivative terms: Plea-bargain, Plea-bargain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plea Bargaining

pleasure principle
pleasure principle
pleasure seeker
pleasure trip
pleasuring
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pleater
pleaters
pleather
pleathers
pleating
pleatless
pleats
plea bargain
plea bargaining (current term)
plea of insanity
pleb
plebbier
plebbiest
plebby
plebe
plebean
plebeian
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plebeianism
plebeianisms
plebeianly
plebeians
plebes

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