Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

plea-bargain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: plea-bar-gain
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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”).

American usage

verb

To make an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one.

American usage

Example Sentences

"[…] former District Attorney, Butters said "[…] I think the fact that so many plead guilty proves that these cases should have been prosecuted." One of those who plea-bargained disagrees. Ed Mede last week pleaded guilty to one count of sex with a minor under 16. "This does not prove my gilt ^([sic])," he insists. "It proves the injustice of the whole system. I could not go on paying for my attorney through a long trial. […] I did not want to face life in prison because of the whim of a biased judge or juror.""

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

plea-bargains (plural) plea bargain (alternative) pleabargain (alternative) plea-bargains (present, singular) plea-bargaining (participle, present) plea-bargained (participle, past) plea-bargained (past)

Questions

What does plea-bargain mean?: 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”).

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