plea bargaining noun
Learner's definition of PLEA BARGAINING
[noncount]
: a process in which a person who is accused of a crime is allowed to say that he or she is guilty of a less serious crime in order to be given a less severe punishment认罪辩诉协议(指被告被允许承认犯有较轻罪行而免受较重处罚的程序)
— plea bargain
noun, plural plea bargains [count]
— plea-bargain
verb plea-bargains; plea-bargained; plea-bargaining [no object]