| 释义 |
Verb: plea-bargain- Agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge
"If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years"
Noun: plea bargain- (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
Derived forms: plea bargains, plea-bargained, plea-bargains, plea-bargaining Type of: agree, bargaining Encyclopedia: Plea bargain Plea-bargain |