suspended sentence

sus·pend sen·tence

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Definitions of suspended sentence words

noun suspended sentence law: deferred decision 1
countable noun suspended sentence If a criminal is given a suspended sentence, they are given a prison sentence which they have to serve if they commit another crime within a specified period of time. 0
noun suspended sentence a sentence of imprisonment that is not served by an offender unless he or she commits a further offence during its currency 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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