probation
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5.6
- noun
- /prəˈbeɪʃən/
- Formal
:
libertad condicional
- And if I break that probation for anything, I'm going back to jail for a long time.
- a probation officer
- juvenile probation
- probation office
I'm still on parole and I'm on probation, you see.
- I'm still on parole and I'm on probation, you see.
- Hi, He's on like a probation, not in jail, but on probation.
- And I was violating my terms, conditions of probation and then parole all the way through.
- If found, they'll give the white half probation and the black half jail time.
- Rapui on probation, which he served.
- But things didn't end when he was paroled and put on probation.
- So, so no jail time served and no probation?
- No pizza rolls and I'm violating probation?
- They got one got six months probation.
- And I think this came home to me most strongly when I was sitting in a meeting with the head of probation in Dorchester Court and one of the ministers.
- I've been given probation periods where my brothers that are black have been given jail terms.
- We sued around the General Assembly's practice of denying people the right to vote who are on probation, parole, post release, supervision.
- Yeah, he got recalled in prison because he went into the probation office and they let him into the room to see his probation officer.
Examples
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After committing a crime, he was sentenced to two years of probation instead of prison.
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Law enforcement officers were present in juvenile probation almost from the beginning.
Academic text (2011) -
And so when I got off probation, they all came back.
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I had to bring my probation officer with me.
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Your probation officer is right here with me.
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Now, I want you to report to your probation officer weekly and pay your fine on time.
Academic text (1992) -
But during this time, his relationship with his probation officer began to sour.
Academic text (1992) -
If he does, he'll get two months' probation and the record will be wiped clean.
Fiction book (1993) -
I've been expelled from school, I'm on probation, and my life will never be the same.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm going to propose community service and probation, providing you enter a court-administered program of therapy.
Fiction book (2000)
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A warning that bad behavior on a work trip can lead to punishment at work when you return
Compounds
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4.4
A person who checks and guides people released from prison to follow court rules
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
probation = probat + ion
Same formation as sense 1: the stem is not a familiar English base and the modern legal sense is not predictable from the parts for an average learner.
Etymology
Probation comes from the Latin probare, meaning 'to test' or 'to prove', the same root as prove. So when a court gives someone probation it is a period to 'prove' they can follow the rules instead of going to prison.