lesser included offense

/L EH1 S ER0 IH0 N K L UW0 D AH0 D AH0 F EH0 N S/

noun

1
(law) A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.

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