"suspended sentence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: suspended sentences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} suspended sentence (plural suspended sentences)
  1. (law) A sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force. Wikipedia link: suspended sentence Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: bender [UK, slang] Translations (a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force): opgeskorte vonnis (Afrikaans), şərti məhkumetmə (Azerbaijani), şərti hökm (Azerbaijani), 緩刑 (Chinese Mandarin), 缓刑 (huǎnxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), betinget dom (Danish), voorwaardelijke straf [Netherlands, feminine] (Dutch), straf met uitstel [Belgium, feminine] (Dutch), ehdollinen tuomio (Finnish), ehdollinen rangaistus (Finnish), sursis [masculine] (French), Bewährungsstrafe [feminine] (German), felfüggesztettbüntetés (börtön) (Hungarian), pena sospesa [feminine] (Italian), warunkowe zawieszenie kary [neuter] (Polish), kara w zawieszeniu [feminine] (Polish), zawiasy [colloquial, plural] (Polish), умовний вирок (umovnyj vyrok) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-suspended_sentence-en-noun-KSBrKUC8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Bewährungsstrafe"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
          "word": "felfüggesztettbüntetés (börtön)"
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          "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "word": "opgeskorte vonnis"
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
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      "word": "betinget dom"
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      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
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      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "straf met uitstel"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "word": "ehdollinen tuomio"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "word": "ehdollinen rangaistus"
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      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sursis"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Bewährungsstrafe"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "word": "felfüggesztettbüntetés (börtön)"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pena sospesa"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "warunkowe zawieszenie kary"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
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      "word": "zawiasy"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "umovnyj vyrok",
      "sense": "a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force",
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