to be put on probation
1probation — pro‧ba‧tion [prəˈbeɪʆn ǁ proʊ ] noun [uncountable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES a period of time during which a new employee is tested to make sure they are suitable for a job: • At the end of the year I can pass or fail or have my probation extended. •… …
2probation officer — probation officers N COUNT A probation officer is a person whose job is to supervise and help people who have committed crimes and been put on probation …
3probation — noun (U) 1 a system that allows some criminals not to go to prison, if they behave well and see a probation officer (=special adviser) regularly, for a fixed period of time: The court fined Kevin and gave him two years probation. | (put sb) on… …
4probation — [[t]prəbe͟ɪʃ(ə)n, AM pro͟ʊ [/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Probation is a period of time during which a person who has committed a crime has to obey the law and be supervised by a probation officer, rather than being sent to prison. A young woman admitted… …
5probation — noun VERB + PROBATION ▪ give sb, place sb on, put sb on, sentence sb to ▪ He was placed on probation for two years. ▪ She was sentenced to a year s probation. ▪ …
6probation — pro|ba|tion [prəˈbeıʃən US prou ] n [U] 1.) a system that allows some criminals not to go to prison or to leave prison, if they behave well and see a probation officer regularly, for a particular period of time ▪ The judge sentenced Jennings to… …
7probation — pro|ba|tion [ prə beıʃn ] noun uncount * 1. ) a system by which someone who has committed a crime is not sent to prison, but has to agree not to break the law again and to let a PROBATION OFFICER check their behavior for a specific period of time …
8probation */ — UK [prəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a system by which someone who has committed a crime is not sent to prison, but has to agree not to break the law again and to let a probation officer check their behaviour for a specific period of time …
9put on — phr verb Put on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accent, ↑account, ↑act, ↑agenda, ↑antibiotic, ↑antiseptic, ↑armour, ↑Band Aid, ↑bandage, ↑blacklist, ↑boot, ↑bra, ↑ …
10San Diego County, California Probation — The San Diego County Probation Department is the body in San Diego County, California responsible for supervising convicted offenders in the community, either who are on probation, such as at the conclusion of their sentences, or while on… …