be put on probation

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• probation — pro‧ba‧tion [prəˈbeɪʆn ǁ proʊ ] noun [uncountable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES a period of time during which a new employee is tested to make sure they are suitable for a job: • At the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended. •… …   Financial and business terms

• probation officer — probation officers N COUNT A probation officer is a person whose job is to supervise and help people who have committed crimes and been put on probation …   English dictionary

• probation — noun (U) 1 a system that allows some criminals not to go to prison, if they behave well and see a probation officer (=special adviser) regularly, for a fixed period of time: The court fined Kevin and gave him two years probation. | (put sb) on… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• probation — [[t]prəbe͟ɪʃ(ə)n, AM pro͟ʊ [/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Probation is a period of time during which a person who has committed a crime has to obey the law and be supervised by a probation officer, rather than being sent to prison. A young woman admitted… …   English dictionary

• probation — noun VERB + PROBATION ▪ give sb, place sb on, put sb on, sentence sb to ▪ He was placed on probation for two years. ▪ She was sentenced to a year s probation. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• probation — pro|ba|tion [prəˈbeıʃən US prou ] n [U] 1.) a system that allows some criminals not to go to prison or to leave prison, if they behave well and see a probation officer regularly, for a particular period of time ▪ The judge sentenced Jennings to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• probation — pro|ba|tion [ prə beıʃn ] noun uncount * 1. ) a system by which someone who has committed a crime is not sent to prison, but has to agree not to break the law again and to let a PROBATION OFFICER check their behavior for a specific period of time …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• probation */ — UK [prəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a system by which someone who has committed a crime is not sent to prison, but has to agree not to break the law again and to let a probation officer check their behaviour for a specific period of time …   English dictionary

• put on — phr verb Put on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accent, ↑account, ↑act, ↑agenda, ↑antibiotic, ↑antiseptic, ↑armour, ↑Band Aid, ↑bandage, ↑blacklist, ↑boot, ↑bra, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• San Diego County, California Probation — The San Diego County Probation Department is the body in San Diego County, California responsible for supervising convicted offenders in the community, either who are on probation, such as at the conclusion of their sentences, or while on… …   Wikipedia

• Jena Six — Talk show host Michael Baisden and Al Sharpton, at the front of the September 20, 2007 march in Jena, Louisiana The Jena Six were six black teenagers convicted in the beating of Justin Barker, a white student at Jena High School in Jena,… …   Wikipedia