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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word plea-bargaining:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. plea-bargaining: Merriam-Webster
  2. plea-bargaining, plea-bargaining: Collins English Dictionary
  3. plea-bargaining: Wordnik
  4. plea-bargaining: Dictionary.com
  5. Plea-bargaining: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. plea-bargaining: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. plea-bargaining: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. plea-bargaining: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (plea-bargain)

verb:  (US, law) To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one.
noun:  (US, law) Alternative form of plea bargain (“an agreement between a defendant and the prosecution in which the defendant agrees to a plea such as guilty or nolo contendere to a lesser charge rather than contesting a greater charge”). [(US, law) An agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one]
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