Meanings
plural plea bargains
- USlawAn agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Synonyms: plea agreement, plea deal
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
More synonyms by meaning
noun(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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian сделка с прокуратурата
- сделка с прокуратурата (sdelka s prokuraturata)an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Chinese Mandarin 認罪協商 /认罪协商
- 認罪協商 /认罪协商 (rènzuì xiéshāng)an agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Finnish syyteneuvottelu, syytesopimus
- syyteneuvotteluan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
- syytesopimusan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
French négociation de peine
- négociation de peinean agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
German Verständigung
- Verständigungan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Hungarian vádalku
- vádalkuan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Portuguese delação premiada
- delação premiadaan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Spanish colaboración premiada, delación premiada
- colaboración premiadaan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
- delación premiadaan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
- conformidad del acusadoan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
- conformidad con la acusaciónan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Swedish strafflindring, uppgörelse
- strafflindringan agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
- uppgörelsean agreement in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge instead of not guilty to a greater one
Cite this entry
plea bargain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plea%20bargain
“plea bargain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plea%20bargain. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plea bargain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plea%20bargain.
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