suspended sentence

noun

1. a sentence of imprisonment that is not served by an offender unless he commits a further offence during its currency Compare deferred sentence

Example Sentences

In the same year, he was given a three-year suspended sentence for cocaine possession.

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If he obtains a conviction, the prosecutor can still make recommendations as to sentence, as to whether the prisoner should get probation or a suspended sentence, and after he is put away, as to whether he is a fit subject for parole.

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At a trial earlier this year, she had been given a suspended sentence for paying one of her son's couriers.

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Mohamed A was given an 18-month suspended sentence under juvenile criminal law in Berlin on Tuesday.

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Under a suspended sentence, convicts need to meet certain conditions to avoid being sent to prison.

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