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probation

noun as in trial period

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Former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, who smuggled classified documents out of the National Archives and mutilated some of them, also received two years of probation and a fine.

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Kizzie Jones, 47, said she’s on antidepressants as a result of a female probation officer who allegedly molested her twice a week and groomed her with bags of chips and bottles of conditioner.

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However, due to overwhelming public support and an extensive, sophisticated network of sanctuary organizers nationwide, the judge handed down shockingly lenient sentences: Five years probation.

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While the details of Big Hit’s most recent arrest aren’t public, Hit-Boy does mention his father “could have been outside on probation right now but said he’d rather be in prison.”

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Flores pleaded no contest to grand theft this year and was sentenced to two years of probation in connection with a March burglary, court records show.

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

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