| 单词 | plea-bargain |
| 释义 | plea-bargain[ plee-bahr-gin ] / ˈpliˌbɑr gɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR plea-bargain ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used without object)to engage in plea bargaining. verb (used with object)to deal with or achieve by plea bargaining: to plea-bargain a reduced sentence. nounthe agreement arrived at as a result of plea bargaining. Origin of plea-bargainFirst recorded in 1965–70 OTHER WORDS FROM plea-bargainplea-bar·gain·er, nounWords nearby plea-bargainplaza, plaza de toros, Plaza Lasso, PLC, plea, plea-bargain, plea bargaining, pleach, plead, pleadable, pleader Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for plea-bargainplea bargain An agreement that permits a defendant to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of pleading not guilty to a more serious one. Plea bargaining is usually undertaken by a prosecutor to obtain important information from a defendant or to avoid a long and costly trial. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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