plea-bargain

Definitions of plea-bargain
  1. verb
    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”
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    type of:
    agree
    consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something
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