Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deferred prosecution agreement

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: de-ferred pros-e-cu-tion a-gree-ment
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

7

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voluntary alternative to adjudication in which a prosecutor agrees to grant amnesty in exchange for the defendant agreeing to fulfill certain requirements.

Inflected Forms

deferred prosecution agreements (plural) DPA (alternative)

Questions

What does deferred prosecution agreement mean?: A voluntary alternative to adjudication in which a prosecutor agrees to grant amnesty in exchange for the defendant agreeing to fulfill certain requirements.

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