Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plea_bargaining

1 sense of plea bargaining

Sense 1
plea bargain, plea bargaining -- ((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; "his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor"; "plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested")
       => bargaining -- (the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb plea_bargain

1 sense of plea-bargain

Sense 1
plea-bargain -- (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")
       => agree -- (consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something; "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone")