plea-bargain

[plee-bahr-gin]

plea-bar·gain

[plee-bahr-gin]
verb (used without object)
1.
to engage in plea bargaining.
verb (used with object)
2.
to deal with or achieve by plea bargaining: to plea-bargain a reduced sentence.

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noun
3.
the agreement arrived at as a result of plea bargaining.

Origin:
1965–70

plea-bar·gain·er, noun
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plea-bargain

verb
agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge; "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years" 
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