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cop a plea n. slang for a "plea bargain" in which an accused defendant in a criminal case agrees to plead guilty or "no contest" to a crime in return for a promise of a recommendation of leniency in sentencing to be made by the prosecutor to the judge and/or an agreement by the prosecutor to drop some of the charges. Often the judge agrees to the recommendation before the plea is entered (becomes final). (See: plea bargain) |
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``There's been times when I've been placed on-call and then called into court and then by the time I get down to court, they cop a plea. The feds said that if I didn't cop a plea that I would get about 15 [years]. |
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