time-served
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Jacobs' time-served team did win the round-robin meeting earlier in the week but that was a rare reverse.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
Prosecutors would recommend a time-served sentence, meaning Lynch wouldn’t spend a day in prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Under the plea agreement reached in 2019, Alo-Kaonohi was sentenced to four years of probation, and Aki received probation and time-served in prison, about seven months.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
She will be given time-served credit for the 545 days she’s already spent behind bars.
From Fox News ● Jan. 14, 2022
He is a time-served French soldier, and works in a big wood just near here.
From Letters from France by Isaac Alexander Mack
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