plea-bargain

[ plee-bahr-gin ]
/ ˈpliˌbɑr gɪn /

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.

noun

the agreement arrived at as a result of plea bargaining.

Origin of plea-bargain

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM plea-bargain

plea-bar·gain·er, noun

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