probation
noun/prəˈbeɪʃn/
/prəʊˈbeɪʃn/
[uncountable]- (law) a system that allows a person who has committed a crime not to go to prison if they behave well and if they see an official (called a probation officer) regularly for a fixed period of time
- He was given two years' probation.
- on probation The prisoner was put on probation.
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1- The judge put her on probation for a year.
- He was sentenced to eight months in jail for violating his probation.
- He was under a probation order for attacking a photographer.
- She pleaded guilty to tax evasion and received probation.
- the effectiveness of regular probation supervision
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + probation- give somebody
- place somebody on
- put somebody on
- …
- order
- officer
- department
- …
- on probation
- a time of training and testing when you start a new job to see if you are suitable for the work
- a period of probation
- Once your probation period is successfully completed, you will be offered a contract.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + probation- give somebody
- place somebody on
- put somebody on
- …
- order
- officer
- department
- …
- on probation
- (North American English) a fixed period of time during which a student who has behaved badly or not worked hard must improve their work or their behaviour
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting testing or investigation): from Old French probacion, from Latin probatio(n-), from probare ‘to test, prove’, from probus ‘good’. The legal use dates from the late 19th cent.
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