plea bargaining
noun
14 letters20 points in Scrabble®27 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge.
“plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested”
WORD FORMS
Related formplea-bargain
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®20 points
Words With Friends®27 points
Double word40 points
Triple word60 points
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Starts & ends withP … G
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