plea-bargain (English, verb)
expansion: plea-bargain (third-person singular simple present plea-bargains, present participle plea-bargaining, simple past and past participle plea-bargained)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one.
tags: US
Forms:
form: plea-bargains
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: plea-bargaining
tags: participle
present
form: plea-bargained
tags: participle
past
form: plea-bargained
tags: past
form: plea bargain
tags: alternative
form: pleabargain
tags: alternative