"plea bargain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plea bargains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plea bargain (plural plea bargains)
  1. (US, law) An agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one Wikipedia link: plea bargain Tags: US Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: plea agreement, plea deal Related terms: plea-bargain Translations (an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one): сделка с прокуратурата (sdelka s prokuraturata) (Bulgarian), 認罪協商 (Chinese Mandarin), 认罪协商 (rènzuì xiéshāng) (Chinese Mandarin), syyteneuvottelu (Finnish), syytesopimus (Finnish), négociation de peine [feminine] (French), Verständigung [feminine] (German), vádalku (Hungarian), delação premiada [feminine] (Portuguese), colaboración premiada [feminine] (Spanish), delación premiada [feminine] (Spanish), conformidad del acusado [feminine] (Spanish), conformidad con la acusación [feminine] (Spanish), strafflindring [common-gender] (Swedish), uppgörelse [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-plea_bargain-en-noun-SwkdbzQP Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: law

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