| VERB | communication | plea-bargain | agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge |
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| Meaning | agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years" | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | agree | consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something |
| Nouns | plea bargain, plea bargaining | (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 |
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