"lesser included offense" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "A robbery is an assault combined with a theft; a person can not be criminally charged with both the robbery and the assault that occurred during the robbery; the assault is a lesser included offense."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant."
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          "prosecutor"
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          "preclude",
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          "charging",
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          "criminal",
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        "(law) A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant."
      ],
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            "UK"
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          "word": "lesser included offence"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
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  "word": "lesser included offense"
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        {
          "text": "A robbery is an assault combined with a theft; a person can not be criminally charged with both the robbery and the assault that occurred during the robbery; the assault is a lesser included offense."
        }
      ],
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        "A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant."
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        "(law) A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant."
      ],
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        "law"
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