cop a plea (English, verb)
expansion: cop a plea (third-person singular simple present cops a plea, present participle copping a plea, simple past and past participle copped a plea)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: To plead guilty to a lesser criminal charge than one had been charged with.
tags: slang
Forms:
form: cops a plea
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: copping a plea
tags: participle
present
form: copped a plea
tags: participle
past
form: copped a plea
tags: past
form: cop to a plea
tags: alternative