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- noun US, law An agreement between a defendant and the
prosecution in which the defendant agrees to a plea such asguilty ornolo contendere to a lesser charge rather than contesting a greater charge. - verb US, law To make an
agreement in which adefendant agrees to pleadguilty to a lesser charge instead ofnot guilty to a greater one.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge
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Examples
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No more retroactive immunity, easy plea-bargain deals, or soft fines for bank crimes.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Fix Foreclosure Fraud With a Borrowers' Bill of Rights
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Murder two is the best-case scenario for the prosecution, not something to plea-bargain to.
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Indeed, the man seems to live a charmed life: there has been a distinctly odd pattern of botched police investigations, police mistreatment of at least one victim, and in the end a plea-bargain and a wrist-slap.
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No more retroactive immunity, easy plea-bargain deals, or soft fines for bank crimes.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Fix Foreclosure Fraud With a Borrowers' Bill of Rights
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"I will never plea-bargain with the truth," friends said he told them.
Former NSA executive Thomas A. Drake may pay high price for media leak
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"I will never plea-bargain with the truth," friends said he told them.
Former NSA executive Thomas A. Drake may pay high price for media leak
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If this case comes to trial without a plea-bargain, we probably won't see and hear Clemens interrupting lawyers and judges the way he did before the committee on the Hill.
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How a serial rapist -- who targets seniors -- was allowed to plea-bargain to a sentence short enough to let him re-offend is beyond me!
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If this case comes to trial without a plea-bargain, we probably won't see and hear Clemens interrupting lawyers and judges the way he did before the committee on the Hill.
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"I will never plea-bargain with the truth," friends said he told them.
Former NSA executive Thomas A. Drake may pay high price for media leak
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