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plea-bargaining
plea-bar·gain·ing


noun 
Definition:
 
pleading guilty to lesser charge: the practice of arranging with the prosecution, and sometimes a judge, for a defendant to plead guilty to a less serious charge rather than be tried for a more serious one

plea bar·gain noun
plea-bar·gain intransitive verb
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