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• plea — n. 1) to enter, make, put forward a plea 2) to answer, respond to a plea 3) to deny, reject a plea 4) (slang) to cop a plea ( to plead guilty to a lesser charge ) 5) an ardent, fervent, impassioned, moving, passionate; urgent plea 6) (to enter) a …   Combinatory dictionary

• guilty — 1 adj guilt·i·er, est 1: having committed a crime: justly charged with a specified crime guilty of larceny 2: involving guilt or culpability guilty knowledge guilty 2 n 1: a plea of a c …   Law dictionary

• plea bargain — n. An agreement made between a criminal defendant and the prosecutor in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser offense in exchange for a lighter punishment after conviction. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An… …   Law dictionary

• plea — noun 1 request ADJECTIVE ▪ desperate, strong, urgent ▪ emotional, heartfelt, impassioned, passionate ▪ She made an emotional plea for her daugh …   Collocations dictionary

• cop — cop1 S3 [kɔp US ka:p] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: copper police officer (19 21 centuries), from COP2 to arrest (19 20 centuries)] 1.) informal a police officer ▪ the local cop ▪ a narcotics cop ▪ He pull …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cop — cop1 [ kap ] noun count INFORMAL a police officer play good cop/bad cop INFORMAL if two people play good cop/bad cop with someone, one is friendly while the other behaves in a threatening way in order to make the person trust the good cop and… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cop — 1 noun (C) 1 informal a police officer: a motorcycle cop 2 not be much cop BrE slang to not be very good: The film wasn t much cop, was it? 3 it s a fair cop BrE spoken humorous used when someone has discovered that you have done something wrong… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cop out — 1. in. to plead guilty (to a lesser charge). (Underworld. See also cop a plea.) □ Frank copped out and got off with a night in the cooler. □ I decided not to cop out and got a mouthpiece instead. 2. in. to give up and quit; to chicken out (of… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• cop-out — n excuse, dodge, evasion, fraud, pretence, pretext, alibi COLLOQ. get out, shirking, passing the buck * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: cop out, verb (herein) 1. : an excuse for copping out …   Useful english dictionary

• 2004 Palm Island death in custody — The 2004 Palm Island death in custody incident relates to the death of Palm Island, Queensland resident, Mulrunji on Friday, 19 November 2004 in a police cell. The death of Mulrunji led to civic disturbances on the island and a legal, political… …   Wikipedia

• John Mark Karr — Infobox Person name=John Mark Karr image size = 200 px caption= birth date=birth date and age|1964|12|11 birth place=Conyers, Georgia, U.S.John Mark Karr (born December 11, 1964 in Conyers, Georgia) is a man, featured on… …   Wikipedia