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cop a plea

verb as in plead guilty for a lesser sentence

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Maybe that is why, with closing statements scheduled for Monday, the lawyer for defendant William “Roddie” Bryan reportedly asked prosecutors if his client could cop a plea.

Recondite, lips zipped tight — ’cause of you, Vance can’t jail me Awesome to see you not cop a plea, turn on me like Cohen.

"If my children were threatened to be locked up, if I didn't cop a plea, I'd cop the plea," Watters told fellow co-host Juan Williams.

"The FBI and prosecutors for Robert Mueller knew that Michael Flynn was an innocent man. They hid the exculpatory evidence. They charged him, coerced him, intimidated and bullied him -- threatening to prosecute his son if he didn't cop a plea," Jarrett continued.

"But, Bob Mueller's team of partisans prosecuted him anyway and coerced him under threat to cop a plea. This is one of the worst cases of miscarriage of justice I have ever seen."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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