probation
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A judge sentenced him to an additional three years of probation.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Gene Levoff, a former senior lawyer at Apple, pleaded guilty in 2022 to trading on inside information about Apple’s quarterly performance and was sentenced to four years of probation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Earlier in 2024, the Herald said, Kapri spent two months in the Miami Federal Detention Center after violating probation in the 2019 weapons case in which the sentence was commuted.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
A court in Ventura sentenced the 44-year-old to 12 months' probation, her lawyer Michael Goldstein said.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Of course, you can say the same thing without using any possessives: After waiting an hour in court, Butch was given two years of probation for stealing fifty dollars in change from the collection plate.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing probation
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 3
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